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

Frier, Steven F., MD.

Steven F. Frier, MD

Preferred Name: Steve

Nickname/Call Sign: Doc

Date of Birth: February 3, 1938

Highest Military Grade: Select

Dr. Steve Frier was a Flight Surgeon in 1965 with the 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Cannon AFB, NM.

He is a nephrologist, internist, and family doctor with 59 years of experience and is affiliated with several hospitals in NJ.

Units Assigned

1965 523rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM (Flight Surgeon)

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

MD, New York Medical College