WASHINGTON — More than 50 years after his plane was downed in the Soviet Union, Francis Gary Powers was posthumously awarded the military’s third-highest decoration Friday. Powers, the U-2 spy-plane ...

It was the height of the Cold War. A new surface-to-air missile had been developed by the Soviet Union and on May 1, 1960, one locked onto a U-2 spy plane flown by 30-year-old pilot Francis Gary ...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Monday announced the retirement of the U-2 spy plane and said the Pentagon would replace the legendary Cold War-era surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft with ...

Gary Powers, Jr.’s father died when he was just 12. We asked him to share some thoughts about his late father, and to comment on the subject of UFOs. ByJim Clash, Contributor. Forbes contributors ...

Gary Powers, Jr. took a U-2 flight in 2000. He talks about what he saw from 70,000 ft., including Area 51. He also discusses his father’s 1960 U-2 flight and shoot-down. ByJim Clash, Contributor.

Lori Lopez, Chairman for the Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce (TRCC) announced that Francis Gary Powers, Jr. has been hired as the Acting President effective Jan. 15, 2016. "Gary is a welcome ...

Milligan College kicked off their 150th anniversary celebration tonight. One honoree at the distinguished alumnus award dinner was Francis Gary Powers. Powers was a renowned U-2 pilot and Milligan ...

This coming Wednesday, May 2, at NASA’s Langley Research Center here, the son of Francis Gary Powers will talk about the 1960 U-2 incident in which his father was shot down over the former Soviet ...

Feb. 26—GRUNDY, Va. — The world's eyes are now fixed on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but Russia was getting a similar amount of attention more than 60 years ago when an American spy plane was shot ...

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