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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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Heitritter, Ronald G.

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Ronald Garth Heitritter

Preferred Name: Ron
Nickname/Call Sign: Dutch
Highest Military Grade: Select
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After serving in the USAF and flying 747’s Ron Heitritter and his wife “made multiple humanitarian trips to Africa.

In 2003, Ron Heitritter flew 318 missions in six months for Air Serv International, which provides flight services to humanitarian organizations.

From 2004 to 2008 they volunteered for six-month stints at a home for abandoned babies and HIV-infected infants in South Africa.

Two years ago, they celebrated their 40th anniversary by making a return trip. “Instead of a party, we decided the most meaningful thing to us was to go back to Africa for 40 days of service,” Lynn Heitritter said.” (1)

Source Herald.net, Everett, WA

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  • 1968-1969 174th Tactical Fighter Squadron “Bats”, Sioux City, IAANG Phu Cat AB, Vietnam (F-100)

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