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

Frye, Vernon meeting

By MB Barrett / February 13, 2024

Hu Shi Xiu, director of the Bureau of Forestry and the delegation leader, and Ding Yao Hua, director of the Chengdu Zoo at Sichuan, meet MGEN Benedict, commander, U.S. air base, and COL Vernon L. Frye, commander, 7450th Air Base Group, upon their arrival at the Tempelhof Central Airport following the delivery of the panda bears Bao Bao and Tian Tian by the United States Air Force to Berlin from China.