Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007. An interior, straight on medium shot as Tom Bowen (Left), Technical Director of the 9th Physiological Support Squadron for Beale AFB, CA, presents Gary Powers Jr. a pr

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1921 - 2008. Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files, 1982 - 2007. An interior, straight on medium shot as Tom Bowen (Left), Technical Director of the 9th Physiological Support Squadron for Beale AFB, CA, presents Gary Powers Jr. a pressure suit and helmet during a dinner held in Honor of Francis Gary Powers Sr. at Beale AFB, California, on May 29, 2000. Powers Jr. is the son of U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers Sr. who was shot down while on a reconnaissance mission over the former Soviet Union on May 5, 1960. The suit dates back to the time when Francis Gary Powers Sr. flew the U-2, 4/29/2000.

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The original finding aid described this photograph as: 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....