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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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Turner, Charles L.

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Charles Lee Turner

Preferred Name: Chuck
Date of Birth: December 30, 1940
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Fairview, TX
Headed West Date: May 19, 2009
Charles L. Turner - before
Charles L. Turner - now
Biography
Pilot Information
Headed West

In 1967 while assigned to the 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Chuck was “Misty 9”, flying out of Phu Cat AB, RVN.

After serving in the USAF, from 1984-1991 he worked for Texas Instruments in Lewisville, TX and from 1991-1999 for Raytheon Systems Co, in Lewisville, TX.

Units Assigned

  • 1962-1963 3560th Pilot Training Wing, Webb AFB, TX (T-37, T-38)
  • 1963-1964 4514th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1964-1966 417th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ramstein AB, GE (F-100)
  • 1966-1967 61th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang AB, RVN (F-100)
  • 1967 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron “Misty 9”, Phu Cat AB, RVN (F-100)
  • 1967-1970 4517th Combat Crew Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1970-1972 AFIT, Wright Patterson AFB, OH
  • 1972-1976 Tactical Fighter Weapons Center, Nellis AFB, NV (F-111, T-38)
  • 1976-1977 Keflavik NAS. Iceland (F-4C)
  • 1977-1980 Seymour Johnson AFB, NC (F-4E)
  • 1980-1984 AFOTEC, Kirtland AFB, NM

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

T-37
T-38
F-100
F-111
F-4 C/E

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1962 US Air Force Academy/AFIT

Civilian Education:

  • High School

Charles “Chuck” Turner, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on  May 19, 2009.

Charles L. Turner - nowCharles was Misty pilot #9. He  is buried in United States Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.

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