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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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Gayden, Lewis R., M.D.

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Lewis R. Gayden, MD

Preferred Name: Lewis
Nickname/Call Sign: Doc G
Date of Birth: July 10, 1942
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Montgomery, AL
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Dr. Lewis Gayden served in the USAF from 1971-1973 as chief radiologist for the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, stationed at England AFB in Alexandria, LA. He is a member of Super Sabre Mach Busters.

“Doc G” Gayden is a recently retired in Montgomery, AL. He spent 39 as a Diagnostic/Interventional Radiologist with the Jackson Hospital Radiology Group in Montgomery, AL.

Units Assigned

  • 1971-1973 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, LA (Radiologist)

Awards & Decorations

1960 Jimmy Hitchcock Award

Flight Info

Radiologist for 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1968 University Of Alabama School Of Medicine

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