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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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James Alan Brasier

Preferred Name: Alan
Nickname/Call Sign: C-Cup
Date of Birth: May 25, 1936
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Framingham, MA
James Alan Brasier - before
James Alan Brasier - now
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“After the Air Force, I became a born again Fighter Pilot flying F-86s and F-100s for Flight Systems.”

Jim had a long and storied Hun career starting with an A-model gunnery checkout at Nellis AFB in ′58. Next was Turner AFB (309th TFS Jun – Dec ′58); Clark AB, P.I. (510th TFS Sep ′60 – Feb ′62); England AFB (613th/614th TFS Mar ′62 – Jan ′65); Wheelus AB, Libya, (50th TFW/401st TFW Liaison, Feb ′65 – Oct ′67); Tuy Hoa AB, SVN, (306th TFS Dec ′67 – May ′68);Tan Son Nhut AB, SVN, (7th AF Tactics Jun – Dec ′68); Nellis AFB ( F-100 FWS IP Jan – Nov ′69). Then, it was on to the Aardvark world till retirement in Jun ′76.

Units Assigned

  • 6/1956-8/1956 Pre-Flight, Lackland AFB, TX
  • 9/1956-1/1957 Primary, Malden AB, MO (T-34, T-28)
  • 1/1957-9/1957 Basic, Greenville, MS (T-33)
  • 10/1957-2/1958 Gunnery, Luke AFB, AZ (F-84F)
  • 3/1958-6/1958 Gunnery, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100A)
  • 6/1958-12/1958 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Turner AFB, GA (F-100D)
  • 1/1959-4/1959 ACW School, Tyndall AFB, FL
  • 5/1959-7/1960 428th ACW Squadron, Shaw AFB, SC
  • 9/1960 -2/1962 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Clark AB, Philippines, (F-100D)
  • 3/1963-1/1965 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, LA (F-100D)
  • 2/1965-10/1967 401st Tactical Fighter Wing (Laision)/50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Wheelus AB, Libya (F-100D)
  • 12/1967-5/1968 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100D)
  • 6/1968-12/1968 7 AF Tactics, Tan San Nuit, Vietnam (F-100 C/D)
  • 11/1969 F-100 Fighter Wing Squadron Instructor, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
  • 12/1969-5/1971 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron/474th Tactical Fighter Wing, Nellis AFB, NV (F-111A)
  • 6/1971-6/1973 12AF Stan/Eval, Bergstrom AFB, TX (F-111 A/E/F/D)
  • 7/1973-6/1976 57th FWW, FWS Instructor (F-111)

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Flight Info

T-34
T-28
T-33
F-84 F
F-100 A/C/D
F-111 A/E/F/D

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Pilot training
  • USAF Fighter Weapons School

Civilian Education:

  • HS Framingham, MA
  • 2 Years UNLV

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