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

Cordero, Denis M.

Denis Morales Cordero

Preferred Name: Denny

Date of Birth: February 24, 1931

Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major

Hometown: Bend, OR

Headed West Date: March 15, 2012

Denis flew the F-100C with the 322nd FDG at Foster AFB, TX, and was later assigned to Misawa AB, Japan Flying the F-100D. Denny was a member of the F- 86 Sabre Pilot’s Association

Units Assigned

Korean Conflict
322nd Fighter Day Group, Foster AFB, TX (F-100C)
Misawa AB, Japan (F-100D)

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This Day in History – June 10, 1969 – The X-15 gets a place in history

Cordero, Denis M.

Denis Morales Cordero

Units Assigned

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