Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz,
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Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz, left, applauds with Gary Powers Jr. and Dee Powers, children of Capt. Francis Gary Powers, after Schwartz awarded the Air Force captain a posthumous Silver Star June 15, 2012, during a ceremony at the Pentagon. Powers received the award for the heroism he displayed when the U-2 aircraft he was flying over the former Soviet Union was shot down May 1, 1960, and he was held in a Soviet prison for more than 100 days. He died in 1977. (Photo by Scott M. Ash)
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15/06/2012
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