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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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Filliman, Michael G.

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Michael George Filliman

Preferred Name: Mike
Date of Birth: April 22, 1930
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Oskaloosa, IA
Headed West Date: January 30, 2009
Biography
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Col Mike Filliman “enlisted in the Air Force at age 22 and was a fighter pilot. He served in both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He was the Wing Commander of Myrtle Beach AFB in South Carolina. He retired as a colonel after 25 years in the Air Force. He then worked in real estate in Arizona.”(1)

 

Source:(1) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41683950/michael-george-filliman

Units Assigned

  • Korea
  • Vietnam
  • Wing Commander, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1948 Knoxville High School
  • BS/Political science
  • Master’s degree

Michael George Filliman, Col USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on January 30, 2009

Michael G. Filliman, 78, of Litchfield Park, AZ passed away from cancer on Jan. 30, 2009.

Mr. Filliman was born April 22, 1930, in Oskaloosa, Iowa, and moved to Arizona in 1977. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1948. He went on to receive a bachelor’s degree in political science and master’s degree. He enlisted in the Air Force at age 22 and was a fighter pilot. He served in both the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He was the Wing Commander of Myrtle Beach AFB in South Carolina. He retired as a colonel after 25 years in the Air Force. He then worked in real estate in Arizona.

He is survived by his wife, Peggy; two daughters, Amy Isenhour of Sherills Ford, N.C. and Beth Farmer of Durango, Colo.; one son, Mark of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Marie Gions and Kathy Ohnemus; one brother, Paul Filliman; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at a later date.

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