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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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Bures, Eugene F.

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Eugene F. Bures

Preferred Name: Gene
Date of Birth: August 12, 1930
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Westmont, IL
Biography
Pilot Information
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Gene retired from the USAF in 1977. He then spent over a year working in real estate and later went to work for Edwin Watts Golf Shops in Ft. Walton Beach, FL. for the next 11 years. He then finally retired in full.

Units Assigned

  • 10/1/1950 Enlisted in USAF, Lackland AFB, TX
  • 1951-1952 Armament, Tyndall AFB, FL
  • 4/1952 Aviation Cadet, Columbus AFB, MS (T-6D)
  • 1952-1953 Pilot Training Laredo AFB, TX (T-28, T-33)
  • 5/1/1953 Commissioned 2dLT USAF Res.
  • 1953 All Wx Inst School, Moody AFB, GA, Tyndall AFB, FL (F-86D)
  • 10/1953 445 FIS, 497 FIS, Geiger Field, Spokane, WA (F-86D)
  • 8/1956 Thule AFB, Greenland (F-89D, T-33)
  • 8/1957 3568th NTS, James Connally AFB, Waco, TX (F-89D/J, T-33)
  • 9/1961 T-33 Instructor Training, Randolph AFB, TX (T-33)
  • 1/1962 IP Webb AFB, Big Spring, TX (T-37)
  • 4/1963 F-100 Training Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 11/1964 Flight Cdr, Asst Ops Off.,81st TFS, 50th TFW, Hahn AB, Germany (F-100D/F)
  • 5/1966 F-4 Transition, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (F-4D)
  • 11/1967 Ftr Weapons School, Wing Ops Off, 8th TFW Ubon RTAFB, Thailand (F-4D)
  • 3/1969 56th CCTS, 4453d CCTW, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (F-4D)
  • 8/1969 Chief Wg Stan Eval, 4453d CCTW Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (F-4)
  • 10/1970 TAC Stan Eval, Hq TAC, Langley AFB, VA (F-4C/D)
  • 12/1973 Tactical Air Warfare Center, Eglin AFB, FL

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

T-6D
T-28
T-33
F-86D
F-89 D/J
T-37
F-100 D/F
F-4 C/D

Flight Hours: 5000+

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • NCO Academy
  • 1959 Squadron Officers School
  • 1961 Academic Instructors School
  • 1967/1968 Outstanding Graduate, Fighter Weapons School

Civilian Education:

  • 1944-1948 Downers Grove High School, Downers Grove, IL
  • Howard County Junior College, Big Spring, TX
  • The University of Nebraska, (96 academic hrs.)

Bures Gene CP GS SPFf 249x300
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