第二次世界大战后,以苏联为首的华沙条约组织国家和以美国为首的北大西洋公约组织国家形成了两大对垒阵营,两大阵营之间的武装对峙几乎紧张到了一触即发的程度。美国及西方国家都在为随时可能爆发的战争频繁地搜集情报和监视苏军动向。50年代初期,前苏联军队开始装备大量新研制的武器和电子装备,西方国家过去使用的很多侦察手段和情报都需要更新。当时称为“铁幕”的华沙条约组织国家与西方的边境线大军密布、戒备森严,而这些情报需要通过技术手段和复杂的装备进行搜集,飞机理所当然地成了最好的侦察监视器材运载平台,因此在苏联边境有大量的西方国家各种类型的侦察机频繁活动。这些西方侦察机往往紧贴苏联重要地区边境飞行,甚至偶尔直接切入边境,从重要的侦察目标上空穿过。这些行动侵犯苏联的国家主权,20世纪50年代也就成了冷战期间发生空中拦截最频繁的时期。 After World War II, the Warsaw Pact states headed by the Soviet Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries headed by the United States formed two opposing camps. The armed confrontation between the two camps was almost tense to the point where it was at a trigger. Both the United States and western countries are constantly gathering intelligence and monitoring Soviet movements for war that may break out at any time. In the early 1950s, the former Soviet Union troops began to equip a large number of newly developed weapons and electronic equipment. Many reconnaissance methods and intelligences used by the Western countries in the past need to be updated. At that time the “Warsaw Treaty Organization,” as it was called the “Iron Curtain,” was a heavily armed and heavily armed frontier with the West. These intelligences needed to be collected through technical means and sophisticated equipment. The aircraft, of course, became the best reconnaissance and surveillance equipment delivery platform Therefore, a large number of reconnaissance planes of various types in the western countries are frequently active on the Soviet border. These Western reconnaissance aircraft often fly close to the border areas of important Soviet areas and occasionally cut directly into the border, passing over important reconnaissance targets. These actions violated the national sovereignty of the Soviet Union and became the most frequent air interception during the Cold War in the 1950s.