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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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Hopkins, Deward K.

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Deward Kendall Hopkins

Preferred Name: Kendall
Nickname/Call Sign: Hoppy
Date of Birth: August 11, 1932
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Salina, UT
Deward Kendall Hopkins - before
Biography
Pilot Information

Kendall Hopkins flew the F-100 C & F model from 8/1961-8/1962 with the 121st Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Andrews AFB in DC. Hopkins was also a pilot for Delta Airlines.

Units Assigned

5/1952-8/1952 Navy Pre-Flight Training Pensacola FL
8/1952-4/1953: Basic Flight Training, Pensacola, FL (SNJ-5)
5/1953-7/1953 Advanced Flight Training, NALF, Cabaniss Field TX (F6F-5)
9/1953-10/1953 Jet Transitional Training, Naval Air Station, Kingsville TX (F-80C, T-33)
11/1953-3/1954 USMC VMF 214 El Toro, CA (F2H4)
3/1954-9/1954 VMF 314 Atsugi, Japan (F9F-5, FJ-2, F2H2)
9/1954-4/1955 FMF Pacific, K-3 Korea (F3D-2, R4D, F9F-5, TBM)
4/1955-5/1956 VMF 314,  Marine Corps AS El Toro CA (F9F-5)
9/1956-3/1959 191st Fighter-Instructor Squadron,  Salt Lake City ANG Base, UT (F-86A, F-86E, F-86D/L, T-33)
3/1959-1/1960 195th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Van Nuys ANG Base, CA (F-86E/F/H, T-33)
8/1961-8/1962 121st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Andrews AFB, DC (F-100F/C)

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Flight Info

SNJ-5
F6F-5
F-80C
T-33
F2H-4
F9F-5
FJ-2
F2H-2
F3D-2
R4D
F9F-5
TBM
F-86A/D/E/F/H/L
T-33
F-100F/C

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • BA/Architecture

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