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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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Fitts, James A., Sr.

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James A. Fitts, Sr.

Preferred Name: Jim
Date of Birth: June 18, 1935
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
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Jim Fitts flew the F-100 C/F models from 1968-1976 with the 124th Tactical Fighter Squadron, IAANG. After retiring from the USAF, Jim began a career as a Management and Business Development Consultant.

Units Assigned

  • 1967 100 Missions over North Vietnam in RF-4C
  • 1968-1976 124th Tactical Fighter Squadron, IAANG (F-84, F-100 C/F)
  • Chief Stan/Eval

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F-84
F-100
RF-4C

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • BS/Mathematics & History, University of Nebraska, Omaha

Fitts, Jim
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