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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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Hodnett, Samuel A.

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Samuel A. Hodnett

Preferred Name: Sam
Date of Birth: January 19, 1943
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Oak Ridge, TN
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Sam Hodnett flew the F-100 with the 492nd & 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing out of RAFB Lakenheath, England.

He is President and Owner of Sierra Capital Group in Knoxville, TN, and describes himself as an Advocate for Social Justice, the environment and preserving Earth for our descendants. He is also a Private Investor, a volunteer with PHWFF & TU, and serves as the Service Partnership Coordinator at Clinch River Chapter of Trout Unlimited

Units Assigned

  • 492nd & 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAFB Lakenheath, England (F-100)

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Flight Info

F-100
F-4

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1981 AFIT

Civilian Education:

  • Oak Ridge HS
  • BS/Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Tech
  • MS/Operations Research, USAF Institute of Technology

Hodnett, Sam
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