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POWERS GETS LOCKHEED JOB TESTING U-2S

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
General CIA Records [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP75-00001R000400080025-9
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
K
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
November 17, 2016
Document Release Date: 
November 8, 1999
Sequence Number: 
25
Case Number: 
Content Type: 
NSPR
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N~ J_l i ,] ~ I.17 v . Approved For Release 2000/08/03 : CIA-RD 25X1A Powers s',t5 Lockheed Job Testing -U-2s Francis Gary Powers, for- mer U-2 pilot shot down over the Soviet Union, has been employed as a U-2 test pilot by the Lockheed Aircraft, Corp. since his resignation from the CIA, a Lockheed spokesman disclosed yester- day. Powers resigned from the' CIA Oct. 6, and subsequently disappeared from the Wash ington area. The Lockheed spokesman said Powers is working at the company's fa-, cilities in Burbank, Calif. Powers previously had worked for Lockheed as a test pilot. Approved For Release 2000/08/03 : CIA-RDP75-00001 R000400080025-9
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