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
Brigadier General Robert Cetola’s last assignment before retiring from the USAF in 1999, was as the senior Air Force Reservist responsible for the organization and training of Reserve personnel serving at more than 90 Defense Logistics Agency locations in the United States and overseas. He was co-chairman of the Defense Logistics Agency Reserve Forces Advisory Council, responsible for the joint mission performance of 1,500 Reservists from the U.S. Navy, Army, Air Force, and Marines.
In his civilian life, Robert was the director of an advanced technology company.
