Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007. An esterior, straight on medium shot as US Air Force Brigadier General Kevin Chilton (Far right), 9th Reconnaissance Wing commander, presents Sue Powers (Holding frame

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007. An esterior, straight on medium shot as US Air Force Brigadier General Kevin Chilton (Far right), 9th Reconnaissance Wing commander, presents Sue Powers (Holding frame), Gary Powers Jr. (In flight suit), Dee Powers Rogers (In blue blazer) the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross at Beale AFB, California, on May 01,2000. Gary Powers Jr. and Dee Powers Rogers are son and daughter of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers Sr. and Sue Powers is his wife. Also representing Powers family were Gary Powers Jr. fiancee, Jen Webber (white shirt) and Dee Powers Rogers husband Mark Rogers (black suit). Francis Gary Powers Sr. was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission over the former Soviet Union on May..., 5/1/2000.

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: An esterior, straight on medium shot as US Air Force Brigadier General Kevin Chilton (Far right), 9th Reconnaissance Wing commander, presents Sue Powers (Holding frame), Gary Powers Jr. (In flight suit), Dee Powers Rogers (In blue blazer) the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross at Beale AFB, California, on May 01,2000. Gary Powers Jr. and Dee Powers Rogers are son and daughter of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers Sr. and Sue Powers is his wife. Also representing Powers family were Gary Powers Jr. fiancee, Jen Webber (white shirt) and Dee Powers Rogers husband Mark Rogers (black suit). Francis Gary Powers Sr. was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission over the former Soviet Union on May 5, 1960. Base: Beale Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Johnny Saldivar, USAF Release Status: Released to Public

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Powers, Francis Gary, 1929-1977

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Francis Gary Powers (August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977) was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission in Soviet Union airspace, causing the 1960 U-2 incident. He later worked as a helicopter pilot for KNBC in Los Angeles and died in a 1977 helicopter crash....