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The article details the life of Francis Gary Powers, a U-2 pilot who was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960, leading to a diplomatic incident during the Cold War.

• Francis Gary Powers was a U-2 pilot who was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960.
• The incident led to a diplomatic crisis and the exposure of U.S. spy flights over the USSR.
• Powers was captured and later became a symbol of the Cold War tensions.