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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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Baker, Jack D.

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Jack Douglas Baker

Preferred Name: Jack
Nickname/Call Sign: Skyhook
Date of Birth: October 4, 1940
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Shreveport, LA
Biography
Pilot Information

Jack Baker got gunnery training in the F-100 in 1965-66 at Luke AFB, AZ. He then continued flying the F-100 with the 90th TFS out of Bien Hoa AB in Vietnam in 1966 and 1967; the at RAF Wethersfield with the 77th TFS from 1967-1969. Later he flew the Hun with the 122nd TFS out of New Orleans (1971-1972), and the 128th TFS out of Dobbins AFB, GA (1972-1990).

Units Assigned

  • 1964-65 UPT, Del Rio, TX
  • 1965-66 gunnery, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1966-67 90th TFS, Bien Hoa AB, RVN  (F-100)
  • 1967-69 77th TFS, RAF Wethersfield, U.K. (F-100)
  • 1971-72 122nd TFS, New Orleans, LA (F-100)
  • 1972-90 128th TFS, Dobbins AFB, GA (F-100, F-105G, F-4D, F-15A)

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross

Flight Info

F-100
F-105G
F-4D
F-15A

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education

  • 1965-1966 Gunnery Training, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)

Civilian Education:

  • 1964 USAFA

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