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This Day in History – June 10, 1969 – The X-15 gets a place in history

10 June 1969: The U.S. Air Force donated the first North American Aviation X-15, serial number 56-6670, to the Smithsonian Institution for display at the National Air and Space Museum. The first of three X-15A hypersonic research rocketplanes built by North American for the Air Force and the National Advisory Committee (NACA, the predecessor of NASA), 56-6670 made the first glide flight and

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Allen E. Strasser

Preferred Name: Allen
Nickname/Call Sign: Big Al
Date of Birth: March 29, 1939
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Bretton Woods, NH
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Allen Strasser was DMG and Cadet commander from the University of Colorado and served in the Kansas ANG, The NY ANG ( 2 different squadrons), the Ohio ANG, the AFRES, and as a regular AF officer from 1957-1985.

LTC Strasser worked as an engineer on the Titan I missile sites East of Denver upon college graduation and attended pilot training at Williams AFB, AZ in late 1961. He managed to stay in a primary pilot flying position for his entire USAF career.

“…Strasser completed 24 years of military service having been combat ready in the F-86H, F-100C/D/F, F-101B/F, F-105D/F, F-4D and A-7D. Over an eight year period, Allen served in three of the six units activated and deployed in 1968. The F-100C was the aircraft that he cherished the most. As an AFROTC cadet visiting Nellis AFB in the fall of 1957, he saw his first F-100 at the Thunderbird’s facility and immediately fell in love with the jet. He finished flying the F-100 in 1973, logging just under 2,000 hours in the Hun.” (1)

Allen received the annual Top Gun award in 1971 in the 107th TFG at Niagara Falls and two years in the Ohio ANG.

LTC Strasser was a Pilot for 32 years with TWA and flew as Captain on the B-707, B727, B747, B757, B767, and the L1011. As a Captain, Strasser has over 25,000 accident-free jet hours with over 27 jet engine failures or engine shutdowns.

Source: (1) Issue 18 of The Intake

 

Units Assigned

  • 1961 Pilot training, Williams AFB, AZ
  • 127th TFS
  • 136th TFS
  • 138th TFS
  • 166th TFS
  • 354th TFW
  • 41st AFEFS

Awards & Decorations

Top Gun (3)

Flight Info

F-10
A7D
F-105
F4
KC-135

B-707
B-727
B-747
B-757
B-767
L1011

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • UPT 1961
  • 1964 Squadron Officer’s School
  • 1973 Command and Staff

Civilian Education:

  • BS/Mechanical Engineering, Univerity of Colorado

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