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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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Gamel, Larry L.

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Larry Lynn Gamel

Preferred Name: Larry
Date of Birth: August 23, 1942
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
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After serving in the USAF, Larry Gamel flew as a pilot for United Airlines.

Units Assigned

  • RTU Luke AFB, AZ
  • 1968 4514 Tactical Fighter Training Squadron (F-100)
  • 1968-1969 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron/37th Tactical Fighter Wing/31st Tactical Fighter Wing (F-100)
  • 1973-1979 184th Tactical Fighter Squadron/18th Tactical Fighter Group (F-100)
  • 1987 Retired USAF

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