Gary Powers Trial

The Gary Powers trial refers to the legal proceedings against U.S. U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers after his 1960 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. Powers was captured, tried for espionage, and convicted of spying. The incident heightened Cold War tensions and revealed covert U.S. intelligence activities. Powers later admitted to flying the spy mission, and his trial became a symbol of Cold War espionage conflicts between the U.S. and USSR.