Editing Francis Gary Powers (section)

==Honors==
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|{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=oak|ribbon=Silver_Star_ribbon.svg|width=110}}
|{{Ribbon devices|number=|type=oak|other_device=|ribbon=Distinguished Flying Cross ribbon.svg|width=110}}
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|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|name=Prisoner of War ribbon|width=110}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=oak|ribbon=Air Force Good Conduct ribbon.svg|width=110}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=1|type=service-star|ribbon=National Defense Service Medal ribbon.svg|width=110}}
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|{{ribbon devices|number=|type=service-star|name=KSMRib|width=110}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=2|type=oak|name=Air Force Longevity Service ribbon|width=110}}
|{{ribbon devices|number=0|type=service-star|ribbon=United Nations Service Medal Korea ribbon.svg|width=110}}
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{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; text-align:center;"
| colspan="3"|[[United States Aviator Badge|USAF Senior Pilot Badge]]
|-
|[[Silver Star]]
|[[Distinguished Flying Cross (United States)|Distinguished Flying Cross]]
|[[Intelligence Star]]<br>(Valor Award)
|-
|[[Prisoner of War Medal]]
|[[Good Conduct Medal (United States)|Air Force Good Conduct Medal]]
|[[National Defense Service Medal]]<br>w/ 1 bronze [[service star]]
|-
|[[Korean Service Medal]]
|[[Air Force Longevity Service Award]]<br>w/ two bronze [[oak leaf clusters]]
|[[United Nations Korea Medal|United Nations Service Medal for Korea]]
|}

Powers received the CIA's [[Intelligence Star]] in 1965, two years after it was awarded to all the other CIA U-2 pilots. Powers was originally scheduled to receive it in April 1963 along with other pilots involved in the CIA's U-2 program, but the award was postponed for political reasons. In 1970, Powers published his first—and only—book review, on a work about aerial reconnaissance, ''Unarmed and Unafraid'' by Glenn Infield, in the monthly magazine ''Business & Commercial Aviation''. "The subject has great interest to me," he said, in submitting his review.<ref>Letter to G. Haber, Managing Editor, ''Business & Commercial Aviation''</ref>{{full citation needed|date=February 2021}}

In 1998, newly declassified information revealed that Powers' mission had been a joint USAF/CIA operation. In 2000, on the 40th anniversary of the U-2 Incident, his family was presented with his posthumously awarded [[Prisoner of War Medal]], [[Distinguished Flying Cross (USA)|Distinguished Flying Cross]], and [[National Defense Service Medal]]. In addition, CIA Director [[George Tenet]] authorized Powers to posthumously receive the CIA's coveted [[Awards and decorations of the United States government#Central Intelligence Agency|Director's Medal]] for extreme fidelity and extraordinary courage in the line of duty.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Boghardt |first1=Thomas |title=Traitor or Patriot?: The Story of U-2 Pilot Francis Gary Powers |url=https://www.spymuseum.org/programs/educate/pdfs/AIRSHO2007_Powers.pdf |publisher=International Spy Museum |access-date=1 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226191939/http://www.spymuseum.org/programs/educate/pdfs/AIRSHO2007_Powers.pdf |archive-date=26 February 2009 |location=Washington, DC |date=2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

On June 15, 2012, Powers was posthumously awarded the [[Silver Star]] medal for "demonstrating 'exceptional loyalty' while enduring harsh interrogation in the Lubyanka Prison in Moscow for almost two years."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Advisories/Advisory/AdvisoryID/3450/ |title=Press Advisory: Silver Star to be Posthumously Presented to Capt. Francis Gary Powers |publisher=Defense.gov |access-date=August 31, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012185541/http://www.defense.gov//advisories/advisory.aspx?advisoryid=3450 |archive-date=October 12, 2012 }}</ref> Air Force Chief of Staff General [[Norton Schwartz]] presented the decoration to Powers' grandchildren, Trey Powers, 9, and Lindsey Berry, 29, in a [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]] ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/u-2-pilot-gary-powers-receives-silver-star/ |title=U-2 Pilot Gary Powers Receives Silver Star |publisher=Abcnews.go.com |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=August 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/09/us/silver-star-award/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 |title=Cold War pilot Francis Gary Powers to get Silver Star |publisher=CNN.com |access-date=August 31, 2012}}</ref>