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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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Garey, George C.

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George C. Garey

Preferred Name: George
Nickname/Call Sign: Hot Dog
Date of Birth: April 3, 1930
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Morehead City, NC
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“[I] joined LOGICON, INC after AF retirement doing software development work. Initially involved with fighter-related activity (like JTIDS). This changed over to bomber projects, eg., B-52, and B-1 modernization.

In 1986, two years before the AF acknowledged its existence, started working on the B-2. This lasted for seven years until retiring in 1993 to coastal NC.”

Units Assigned

  • 1955-1957 Air Training Officer, USAFA, (T-33, F-80, B-25, F-86E)
  • 1957-1960 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC (F-86H, F-100C)
  • 1960-1962 492 Tactical Fighter Squadron, Flt Cmdr, RAF Lakenheath UK (F-100D)
  • 1962-1963 48 Tactical Fighter Wing, Wing FSO, RAF Lakenheath, (F-100D)
  • 1963 4515 Combat Crew Training Squadron, Flt Cmdr, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100C/D)
  • 1964-1966 4516 Combat Crew Training Squadron, OIC F-104 Academics, Luke AFB, AZ (F-104G)
  • 1968 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Asst Sqdrn Ops Officer, Phan Rang AB, RVN (F-100)
  • 7th Air Force War Plans Off, 7 AF, Tan Sun Nhut AB Vietnam
  • 1969-1972 Test Director, Propulsion Wind Tunnel, Arnold Engineering Dev Ctr, TN (C-54, VT-29)
  • 1973-1975 Joint Plans Programs Officer, USMIL GP, Guatemala (A-37, C47)
  • 1976-1978 Dep Director, Structures Div, AF Flt Dynamics Lab, WPAFB

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

T-33
F-80
B-25
F-86 E/H
F-100 C/D
F-104G
C-54
VT-29
A-37
C47

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1953 USMA
  • UPT Graham AB, FL-Greenville AFB MS, 54O
  • 1954 Gunnery, Nellis AFB, NV
  • 1958 AGOS
  • 1959 SOS
  • 1960 SAC Acft Cmdrs RADAR Fam Course, Mather AFB, VA
  • 1960 Survival School, Stead AFB, NV
  • AFIT Wright Patterson AFB, OH
  • 1972 T-33; MAAG School, Hurlburt AFB, TX
  • 1972 Defense Language Institute (Spanish)

Civilian Education:

  • 1948 Elkton HS, MD
  • 1949 University of Delaware (one year)
  • 1968 MS/Aeronautical Engineering

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