Francis Gary Powers

Powers dies in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.

Powers becomes a helicopter traffic reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles.

Powers co-authors 'Operation Overflight: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story'.

Powers and his first wife, Barbara, divorce.

Powers marries his second wife, Sue.

Powers works as a test pilot for Lockheed.

Powers begins flying U-2 spy planes for the CIA.

Powers marries Barbara.

Powers becomes a First Lieutenant and pilot in the U.S. Air Force.

Powers receives his commission in the U.S. Air Force.

Powers graduates from Milligan College in Tennessee.

Francis Gary Powers is born in Jenkins, Kentucky.