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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Dunkelberger, Robert J.

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Robert J. Dunkelberger


Preferred Name: Bob

Nickname/Call Sign: Dunk

Date of Birth: April 25, 1937

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Biography

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Units Assigned

  • 1964-1965 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM (F-100)
  • 1965 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-100)
  • 1979 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-111)

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100
F-111

Military Education

Civilian Education

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