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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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Francis, Charles E., Sr.

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Charles E. Francis, Sr.

Preferred Name: C.E.
Date of Birth: March 17, 1925
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Arlington, TX
Headed West Date: January 14, 2018
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  • 1957-1958 506th Tactical Fighter Wing
  • 1958-1962 12th Air Force
  • 1968-1972 27th Tactical Fighter Wing

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Charles E. Francis, Sr. “Headed West” on January 14, 2018.

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