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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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Bachman, Alfred T.

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Alfred T. Bachman

Preferred Name: Al
Date of Birth: March 5, 1937
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Biography
Pilot Information

Al Bachman served his country for 20 years. He’ll tell you that he “Never fired a shot in anger, but was always prepared to do so”.  After his service, he spent 42 years as a dentist in general practice.

Units Assigned

  • 5/1957 UPT, Class 59-B (F-100)
  • 1958 Gunnery school/Advanced instrument training
  • 2/1959 OHANG, Mansfield, OH
  • 10/1961-9/1962 Recalled to AD (All stateside duty)
  • 1962-1977 OHANG

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Flight Info

T-34
T-28
T-33
F-84F
F-100D (750 hours)
F-4E
T-38
C-130

Flight Hours: 3500

Military & Civilian Education

  • 1969 DDS Graduate/General Dentistry

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