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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Noel B. Dunlap


Preferred Name: Noel

Nickname/Call Sign: Bytz

Date of Birth: May 1, 1933

Highest Military Grade Held:

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Biography

I was a member of class 56-V that went thru Williams in the F-86 F and then up to Nellis for the F-100A.

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Units Assigned

  • 1957 Williams AFB, AZ/Nellis AFB, NV (F-86, F-100A)
  • 1959-1960 12th Fighter-Bomber Squadron/18th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Kadena AB, Japan (F-100 D/F)
  • 1960-1962  F-100 instructor in the “TOP OFF” training program, Nellis AFB, NV(F-100 D)
  • 1962-1965 F-100 instructor in the “TOP OFF” training program, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100 C/D/F)
  • 1965-1966  Bitburg AB, Germany (F-105)
  • 1966-1967 Cam Rhan Bay, Vietnam (F-4)

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Awards & Decorations

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Flight Info

F-86
F-84G
F-100 A/C/D/F
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Military Education

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Civilian Education

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