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    HomeFactbox-Prisoners freed under major international exchangeFILE PHOTO: Gary Powers and Kelly Johnson with a U-2

    FILE PHOTO: Gary Powers and Kelly Johnson with a U-2

    FILE PHOTO: Pilot Francis Gary Powers (R) speaks with U-2 designer Kelly Johnson in this 1966 U.S. Air Force handout photo. Powers was a USAF fighter pilot recruited by the CIA in 1956 to fly civilian U-2 missions deep into Russia. Powers and other USAF Reserve pilots resigned their commissions to become civilians. REUTERS/Lockheed/Handout/File Photo
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