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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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White, Edward B.

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Edward Brisbee White

Preferred Name: Ed
Date of Birth: July 5, 1935
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Newtown, CT
Biography
Pilot Information
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Ed White flew ‘Over 100 missions SVN and 92 missions NVN”

Units Assigned

  • 1960-1961 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Misawa, Okinawa (F-100)
  • 612/613/614/615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, LA (F-100)
  • 1965 6234 Provisional Wing, Korat RTAB, Thailand (F-100 Weasel)
  • 1974 562nd Flying Training Squadron/35 Tactical Fighter Wing, Commander, George AFB, CA (F-105)
  • 1981 406th Air Expeditionary Wing
  • 1985 Air War College, Carlisle Barracks

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100
F-105

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Squadron Officer School
  • Air Command and Staff College
  • 1985 Air War College, Carlisle Barracks

Civilian Education:

  • 1959 BA, Colby College
  • MA, Shippensburg University

Edward B. White, Col USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on January 12, 2024.

Col. Edward B. White flew west peacefully at home on Friday, 12 Jan 2024.  A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, 23 Jan 2024 from 12-1 pm at St. Peter’s Church, 400 S Old Litchfield Road Litchfield Park AZ.

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