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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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Arneson, Donald G.

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Donald G. Arneson

Preferred Name: Arne
Date of Birth: October 4, 1935
Highest Military Grade: 0-3 – Captain
Hometown: Laredo, TX
Headed West Date: December 21, 2022
Biography
Pilot Information
Headed West

Don “Arne” Arneson began his Civilian Aviation Career in September of 1964 with Pan American Airways which ended with the company’s bankruptcy demise in Dec. 1991.

He flew the B-707, DC-8, B-727, L-1011, A-300. He also flew F-86H with the NY ANG (Hancock Field, Syracuse, NY) 1965-66 while based at JFK, New York with Pan Am.

Units Assigned

  • 1957-1958 Pilot Tng, Hondo AB & Webb AFB (Class 59E)
  • 1958-1959 Gunnery Training, Luke AFB, AZ/Nellis AFB, NV (F-100 C/D/F)
  • 1959-1960 430th TFS, Cannon AFB,NM (F-100D)
  • 1961-1964 10th TFS, Hahn AB, Germany (F-100D)
  • July 1964 Discharged
  • 1965-1966 NYANG Hancock Field, Syracuse, NY (F-86)

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

  • F-100 C/D/F
  • F-86

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Pilot Training: Hondo AB & Webb AFB (Class 59E)
    Gunnery Training: Luke AFB & Nellis AFB (F-100 C/D/F)

Civilian Education:

  • 1957 BBA, Texas A&M

Donald “Arne” Arneson “Headed West” on December 21, 2022.

Arne Arneson flew the F-100D from 1959-1960 with the 430th TFS out of Cannon AFB, NM and from 1961-1964 with the 10th TFS, out of Hahn AB, Germany (F-100D).

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