Check out the Living History Film Series with special guest speaker Francis Gary Powers Jr. this Thursday evening. Powers will discuss the true story behind the movie that depicts his father, a CIA U-2 pilot's capture by the Soviets and eventual exchange for a Soviet KGB spy imprisoned by the United States. Air Force Museum Foundation Air Force Museum Theatre July 19 6:30p.m. | National Museum of the U.S. Air Force

Warming Cold War relations turned to ice on May 1, 1960, when the Soviets shot down American U-2 spy plane flown by Francis Gary Powers. Join Vince Houghton and Francis Gary Powers, Jr. (son) for an all-new Curator's Corner this Thurs., May 14, 12 p.m., as they explore the gripping story of how the U-2 secret was exposed. Houghton and Powers will also take a look at key artifacts related to the U-2 incident from the Spy Museum’s Looking, Listening Sensing, gallery. https://bit.ly/2VUXakg | 📷: B

We chatted with author Francis Gary Powers, Jr. about his book Spy Pilot: Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 Incident, and a Controversial Cold War Legacy and his quest to set the record straight about his father. #aviation | Air Zoo