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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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Larry Dean Bruce

Preferred Name: Larry
Date of Birth: April 2, 1942
Highest Military Grade: 0-3 – Captain
Hometown: Springfield, MO
Biography
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Larry Bruce flew the F-100 from 1970-1971 with the 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron/35th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. He then flew commercially with World Airways and American Airlines. Later Larry was an Adjunct Professor at Baptist College of Florida.

Units Assigned

  • 1970-1971 with the 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron/35th Tactical Fighter Wing, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam

Awards & Decorations

Silver Star
Silver Star
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross (3)
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Medal
Air Medal (8)

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • BA, Western Carolina Univerisity
  • Philosophy, The University of Kansas

Bruce, Larry
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