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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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Guillot, Athos E., Jr.

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Athos E. Guillot, Jr.

Preferred Name: Reb
Date of Birth: March 30, 1938
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Shreveport, LA
Headed West Date: May 14, 2020
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Athos “Reb” Guillot Reb graduated in USAFA in 1960 and USAF Pilot training, Class 62B, at both Luke AFB, AZ, and Nellis AFB, NV. He was with the 614 TFS at England AFB from ’62-‘65, and later at Wheelus AB, Libya.

He flew fighters throughout his 23-year USAF career and proudly served as a squadron commander of the 354 TFS at Davis-Monthan AFB, flying A-7D’s. After completing NATO Defense College in Rome, Reb was assigned director of fighter operations at Headquarters, Allied Air Forces Central Europe.

After his retirement from the military, Reb continued to add to the national defense at Hughes Aircraft/Raytheon as an engineer.

Units Assigned

  • 1961-1962 Class 62B, Luke AFB, AZ/Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
  • 1962-1965 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, LA (F-100)
  • 1965-1967 7272 Fighter Training Wing, Wheelus AB,
  • 1968 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phu Cat AB, Vietnam
  • 1969-1970 57th Fighter Weapons Wing, Nellis AFB, NV
  • David-Monthan AFB,

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A-7

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1960 U.S. Air Force Academy
  • NATO Defense College

Athos E. (Reb) Guillot, (Lt. Col, USAF Ret.) Headed West May 14, 2020

Reb Guillot died on May 14, 2020 at 82 years of age after a fierce, brave battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

A 1960 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, and a two-tour veteran of the Vietnam war, Reb flew fighters throughout his 23-year USAF career. He proudly led as a squadron commander of the 354 TFS at Davis-Monthan AFB and later as director of fighter operations at Headquarters, Allied Air Forces Central Europe after completing NATO Defense College in Rome. Upon retirement from the military, Reb continued to add to national defense at Hughes Aircraft/Raytheon as an engineer.

Reb was a devout Catholic whose faith was central to the way he lived his life. He was charming, devastatingly clever, funny, kind, and caring. His proudest accomplishment was his family. He and Susan (nee Kenney) shared a 57-year marriage and four cherished children; ten grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

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