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    CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017

    OTD 1977: Former U2 pilot Francis Gary #Powers was killed when his helicopter crashed due to a faulty fuel gauge. http://1.usa.gov/1F6yVCA pic.twitter.com/mGSqgbZq4l

    5:55 PM - 1 Aug 2017
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      2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CIA

        In 1960, #Powers flew what was to be the first U-2 flight across the whole of Russia. He was shot down over the USSR on May 1st.pic.twitter.com/19YwRrgrBP

        12 replies 94 retweets 202 likes
      3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CIA

        Powers, stuck in the rapidly descending plane, was unable to activate the U-2’s self-destruct mechanism before he finally freed himself.pic.twitter.com/JqyxnnDP9l

        11 replies 68 retweets 164 likes
      4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CIA

        Powers avoided landing on a tractor, in a lake, & on crackling power lines, but was seized by 2 men following him from the ground.pic.twitter.com/xNBORqmOZD

        13 replies 63 retweets 139 likes
      5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CIA

        Powers was taken to KGB headquarters & questioned 11 hours a day, 7 days a week. He was tried for espionage, lost, & sentenced to 10 years.pic.twitter.com/bt4RJlgDPm

        13 replies 74 retweets 148 likes
      6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017
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        Almost 2 yrs later, #Powers was exchanged on Glienicke Bridge -Bridge of Spies- for Rudolf Abel, a Soviet spy convicted of espionage in US.pic.twitter.com/JcKbIE2KhY

        18 replies 76 retweets 164 likes
      7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CIA

        Powers continued working for CIA, training officers to cope while being interrogated, until he became a @LockheedMartin U-2 test pilot.pic.twitter.com/4pi0uQn9he

        30 replies 67 retweets 203 likes
      8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017
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        1965: Powers was awarded the CIA Intelligence Star “for voluntary acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions…”pic.twitter.com/BOeSkgiEge

        44 replies 117 retweets 364 likes
      9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 1 Aug 2017
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        As a traffic pilot-reporter for @NBCLA Powers died 1 Aug 1977 when his helicopter crashed due to a faulty fuel gauge http://1.usa.gov/1F6yVCA pic.twitter.com/0WZFNQSES8

        58 replies 108 retweets 234 likes
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      2. Police Chase Alerts‏ @PCALive 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @CIA

        We beat you to it.

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. camnet2000‏ @camnet2000 1 Aug 2017
        Replying to @PCALive @CIA

        stop it with the false alarms

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. george broaddus‏ @georgebroaddus 1 Aug 2017
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        Could not believe this was how he met his end after crashing the U2 when the Russians shot him down. Thought he was invincible.

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      1. GMC 06‏ @Cynthia44357762 1 Aug 2017
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        RIP

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      1. Steve Whitlow‏ @SWhitlow0 1 Aug 2017
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        An American hero for sure!

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      1. CM‏ @curtm61 1 Aug 2017
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        yeah sure, THATS what killed him,lol

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      1. Gary McLean‏ @garydmclean 2 Aug 2017
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        He endured a terrible experience during his show trial in Russia.

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      1. marc boo-reisner  🌹(cand for WI gov & MSN mayor)‏ @Fractal_Boy 1 Aug 2017
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        U Talkin' U2 to Me?

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