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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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Castleman, William D.

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William Donald Castleman

Preferred Name: Don
Date of Birth: September 15, 1934
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Olney, TX
Headed West Date: September 19, 2016
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William “Don” Castleman received a BA degree from North Texas State College in Denton, TX, and served as a fighter pilot in the USAF, visiting 34 different countries. He obtained an MBA from ASU, working in the savings and loan business, and later started two businesses of his own in Phoenix, before moving to Payson, AZ in 1996.

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  • Misawa AB, Japan
  • George AFB, CA
  • Homestead AFB, FL
  • Luke AFB, AZ

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Civilian Education:

  • Arlington Heights High School
  • 1956 BA/Business Administration (Banking and Finance), North Texas State College
  • MBA, Arizona State University

William “Don” Castleman, F-100 Pilot, USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on September 19, 2016.

SSS member Don Castleman, 82, born September 15, 1934 in Olney, TX passed away September 19, 2016 in Payson AZ. Don received a BA degree from North Texas State College in Denton, TX, and served as a fighter pilot in the USAF, visiting 34 different countries. He obtained an MBA from ASU, working in the savings and loan business, and later started two businesses of his own in Phoenix, before moving to Payson, AZ in 1996. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn, and 2 sons, Mark and Craig.

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