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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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Jack M. Cook

Preferred Name: Jack
Nickname/Call Sign: Ripper
Date of Birth: June 8, 1929
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Warrenton, VA
Headed West Date: December 22, 2019
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“I learned to fly in 1946 while in high school and reported to Randolph AFB in 1950 with 1000 hrs.

I opted for Mustangs and flew them in Korea along with F-80s and F-86s, then spent 4 years instructing with IPIS in T-33s and B-25s, then on to SAC in Lincoln, Nebraska in KC97s. In 1967, I joined the KANG and flew the F-100, recalled in 1968, and went to Kunsan Korea. I got bored and transferred to the NYANG flying in Tuy Hoa Vietnam.

In 1975, I spent time with Beech and Piper aircraft, and in 1991, I retired from the USAF, moved to Naples FL, and then moved to Warrenton VA in 1993.”

Units Assigned

  • 40th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron
  • 98th Air Refueling Squadron
  • 302nd Air Refueling Squadron
  • 127th Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • KANG, NYANG
  • 8/1991 Retired USAF

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Flight Info

P-51 Mustang
F-80
F-86
T-33
B-25
KC97
F-100
Beech
Piper

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Aviation Cadets
  • Survival Schools
  • Command & Staff

Civilian Education:

  • 3 yrs. college

Cook, Jack
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