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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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Jeremy B. Conklin

Preferred Name: Jerry
Date of Birth: February 25, 1944
Highest Military Grade: 0-3 – Captain
Hometown: Manchester, CT
Biography
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After Jerry Conklin served with the USAF, he had a host of interesting jobs including real estate broker; Miami Beach Complaint Officer; Charter Pilot; Yellow Pages Salesman; Sales Manager for custom laminate furniture; French Teacher & sub; USPS Mailhandler and Owner of a property management company.

Units Assigned

  • 1965 AFROTC summer camp, Otis AFB, MA
  • 2/1967-2/1968 UPT, Craig AFB, AL
  • 3/1968 F-100 RTU, Cannon AFB, NM
  • Sea Survival, Homestead AFB, FL
  • Land Survival, Fairchild AFB, WA
  • Jungle Survival, Clark AB, Philippines
  • 10/1968-10/1969 Phu Cat AB/Tuy Hoa AB, RVN (F-100)
  • C-130E RTU Little Rock Air Force Base, AR
  • 12/1969-12/1973 C-130E, Pope AFB, Fayetteville, NC (C-130E)

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Flight Info

F-100
C-130E

Wall of Honor: Foil: 10 Panel: 2 Column: 1 Line: 64

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • ROTC

Civilian Education:

  •  Colgate University

Conklin, Jerry
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