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Rock Band Honors Gary Powers With New Song on U-2 Incident Anniversary

April 30, 2018 David Cenciotti 0

“Powers Down” is a tribute to Francis Gary Powers, the late U-2 pilot recipient of the Intelligence Star, by rock band One Man Mambo. During the late 50s, with the approval of Pakistani Government, U.S. […]

Mig-25 defection: How a Soviet Pilot Brought a Secret Warplane To The West

July 19, 2013 Jacek Siminski 26

The story of Viktor Belenko, a Mig-25 pilot who defected to the United States via Japan on Sept. 6, 1976. The then Lieutenant Belenko was a pilot with the 513th Fighter Regiment, 11th Air Army, […]