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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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Harrer, Richard E.

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Richard E. Harrer

Preferred Name: Rich
Nickname/Call Sign: Fox
Date of Birth: June 30, 1944
Highest Military Grade: 0-3 – Captain
Hometown: Morton Grove, IL
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Rich Harrer flew the F-100 from 1968-1969 with the 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam. His next assignment was from 1969-1970 with the 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Woodbridge, England.

Units Assigned

  • 1968-1969 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1969-1970 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Woodbridge, England
  • 1970 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Upper Heyford, England
  • 1971 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
Air Medal with 12 Oak Leaf Clusters

Flight Info

F-100D/F (263 combat missions in the F-100 D over Vietnam and Laos)
T-37
T-38
Logged some minor time in F-104, F-4, T-39, T-33

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • BBA, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Harrer, Richard Tuy Hoa Air Base Vietnam 1968
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