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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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Ronald M. Clements

Preferred Name: Ron
Date of Birth: September 11, 1934
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Athens, GA
Headed West Date: May 5, 2012
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Ron graduated from University of Georgia and proudly served in the United States Air Force until retiring in 1979.

Units Assigned

  • 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing
  • 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron, 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron/3rd Tactical Fighter Wing
  • 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron/27th Tactical Fighter Wing

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Civilian Education:

  • University of Georgia

Ronald Mac Clements (Col USAF, Ret) “Headed West” on May 5, 2012

Col. (Retired) Ronald Mac Clements was born on September 11, 1934. He left this world and went home to the lord on Saturday, May 5, 2012.

Ron was a graduate of the University of Georgia and proudly served in the United States Air Force until his retirement in 1979. After his retirement, Ron opened and operated Lone Cone Outfitters, a hunting and fishing operation in Colorado. Until his health prevented him from returning to his beloved mountains and hunting grounds, in the fall Ron could be found at the “Eagle’s Nest.”

Ron’s wife Ruby Hayes Clements passed in 2017.  He is survived by 2 daughters, 2 sons, and their families. Ron has 6 and was also blessed to have 5 great-grandchildren. Interment is at Evergreen Memorial Park.

To remember Ron, donations can be made to the American Lung Association  or the American Cancer Society

source: Athens Banner-Herald http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/onlineathens/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-clements&pid=157502985&fhid=3592

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