Defense.gov News Article: Cold War Hero Powers Receives Posthumous Silver Star
What an odd thing to decide to do. I wonder what's behind it.
Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
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Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
here we are, I knew it sounded odd...The Silver Star may be awarded to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the armed forces, distinguishes himself or herself by extraordinary heroism involving one of the following actions:
- In action against an enemy of the United States While engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force While serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party
and "Powers was an Air Force fighter pilot recruited by the CIA in 1956 to fly civilian U-2 missions deep into Russia. Powers and other Air Force Reserve pilots resigned their commissions to become civilians". In what capacity was he serving with the armed forces?
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When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
Who has a spare two minutes to play in this month's FG Trivia game! ... My other OS is Slackware.
When flower power came along I stood for Human Rights, marched around for peace and freedom, had some nooky every night - we took it serious.
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Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
Flying top secret Air Force spy planes as civilians? I don't understand that. How does that qualify for military honors?
Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
Wandrin;1396521 wrote: Flying top secret Air Force spy planes as civilians?
No, not an Air Force plane.Due to the political implications of a military aircraft invading a country's airspace, only CIA U-2s conducted overflights. The pilots had to resign their military commissions before joining the CIA as civilians, a process they referred to as "sheep dipping".
Lockheed U-2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No, not an Air Force plane.Due to the political implications of a military aircraft invading a country's airspace, only CIA U-2s conducted overflights. The pilots had to resign their military commissions before joining the CIA as civilians, a process they referred to as "sheep dipping".
Lockheed U-2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
spot;1396522 wrote: No, not an Air Force plane.Due to the political implications of a military aircraft invading a country's airspace, only CIA U-2s conducted overflights. The pilots had to resign their military commissions before joining the CIA as civilians, a process they referred to as "sheep dipping".
Lockheed U-2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The one that I saw (decommissioned) at an air show on a Navy base in California had Air Force ID painted on. It's interesting. So an aircraft purchased under a military budget and maintained by and flown out of military bases had civilian pilots who had to resign their military commissions to fly them. Governments can be pretty sneaky, I guess.
Lockheed U-2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The one that I saw (decommissioned) at an air show on a Navy base in California had Air Force ID painted on. It's interesting. So an aircraft purchased under a military budget and maintained by and flown out of military bases had civilian pilots who had to resign their military commissions to fly them. Governments can be pretty sneaky, I guess.
Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
It was the first indication that the soviets had an ground to air missile capable of taking out a plane that high up, the development iof the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird was a direct result of the incident. It was at the height of the cold war, when he came home he pilloried by the US press with all sorts of allegations levelled against him including that he had crashed deliberately, he had betrayed his country by giving information and so on. It's righting a wrong done to someone who didn't deserve it. I've read the book h wrote later, fair to say he was a little bit bitter about the way he was treated.
Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
Wandrin;1396525 wrote: The one that I saw (decommissioned) at an air show on a Navy base in California had Air Force ID painted on. It's interesting. So an aircraft purchased under a military budget and maintained by and flown out of military bases had civilian pilots who had to resign their military commissions to fly them. Governments can be pretty sneaky, I guess.
The planes could have still technically belonged to Lockheed. I worked at Beale back when these were still flying and I had to have a top secret clearance just to get on the flight line (hope I'm not divulging military secrets, homeland security readers) and I would imagine any planes belonging to the CIA would have super duper top secret clearance, way higher than a regular AF base would have. They probably had a hidden military installation in Antarctica (joking but not really.)
The planes could have still technically belonged to Lockheed. I worked at Beale back when these were still flying and I had to have a top secret clearance just to get on the flight line (hope I'm not divulging military secrets, homeland security readers) and I would imagine any planes belonging to the CIA would have super duper top secret clearance, way higher than a regular AF base would have. They probably had a hidden military installation in Antarctica (joking but not really.)
Gary Powers receives a posthumous Silver Star
gmc;1396534 wrote: It was the first indication that the soviets had an ground to air missile capable of taking out a plane that high up, the development iof the Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird was a direct result of the incident. It was at the height of the cold war, when he came home he pilloried by the US press with all sorts of allegations levelled against him including that he had crashed deliberately, he had betrayed his country by giving information and so on. It's righting a wrong done to someone who didn't deserve it. I've read the book h wrote later, fair to say he was a little bit bitter about the way he was treated.
SR-71s were amazing planes, I got to be in a KC-135 boom operator's area when he refueled one in mid-air. One of my best memories from being in the AF.
SR-71s were amazing planes, I got to be in a KC-135 boom operator's area when he refueled one in mid-air. One of my best memories from being in the AF.