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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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Buchan, Charles D., Jr.

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Charles D. Buchan

Preferred Name: Charles
Nickname/Call Sign: Charlie Brown
Date of Birth: July 31, 1933
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Perth Amboy, NJ
Biography
Pilot Information

Charles Buchan flew the F-100 from 1958-1961 with the 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Bitburg AB, Germany.

Units Assigned

  • 1952 Enlisted USAF, Sampson AFB, NY/Kessler AFB, MS – Radar Mechanic
  • 1953 Aviation Cadet, Harlingen AFB, TX
  • 1953-1957 Mather AFB, CA – 2nd Lt. Navigator/Bombardier (B-36)
  • 9th Bomb Squadron, Carswell AFB, TX
  • 1957 Pilot Training, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
  • 1958-1961 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bitburg AB, Germany (F-100)
  • 1961-1962 Cannon AFB, NM
  • 1962-1964 Hahn AFB, Germany
  • 1965-1967 Holloman AFB, NM

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