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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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Brimmer, Kirk R.

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Kirk R. Brimmer

Preferred Name: Kirk
Nickname/Call Sign: Beaver
Date of Birth: September 23, 1942
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
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Pilot Information
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Kirk Brimmer flew the F-100 in Vietnam and in 1971 with the 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was also a Thunderbird pilot.

Units Assigned

  • 319th Fighter Squadron
  • 1967-1968 Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1971 356th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-100)
  • 1973-1974 Thunderbirds (Solo – T-38)

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Flight Info

T-38
F-100
F-4
A-7

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • St Mary’s, Marshalltown, IA

Brimmer, Kirk With Thunderbirds
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