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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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Gill, John E.

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John Edward Gill

Preferred Name: John
Nickname/Call Sign: Gummy or Corky
Date of Birth: March 18, 1933
Highest Military Grade: E-4 – Buck Sergeant
Hometown: Elmira, NY
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John Gill was the crew chief with the Thunderbirds in 1962. In 1966 he flew the F-100 D&F with the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Cannon AFB, NM.

John and his wife Andrea are the owners of Gill Pottery in Elmira, NY.

Units Assigned

  • 1/16/1953 Basic Training, Flight 2265, Sampson AFB, NY
  • 1953 Jet Fighter Maintenance School, Amarillo AFB, TX
  • 1954 509th Fighter Bomber Sqdn, Langley AFB, VA (F-84F)
  • 1955 Kimpo Korea (RF-80)
  • 1955 45th Tac Recce Sqdn, Misawa AB, Japan (RF-84F)
  • 6/1957 Departed USAF, Schweizer Aircraft Corp, Elmira, NY
  • 8/1957 Reenlisted in USAF – 509th FBS, Langley AFB, VA F-100D
  • 10/1957 TDY Landstuhl AB, GE
  • 1958 Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100D/F)
  • 2/1962 NCO Academy
  • 3/1962 Crew Chief USAF Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team (Capt. Jerry Larson)
  • ????? Flight Chief, Bitburg AB, GE (F-105D, F-4D)
  • 12/1966 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, NM F-100D/F
  • ????? Korat AB, Thailand (EC-121D)
  • ????? Langley AFB, VA
  • 1973 12th Air Force Inspector General, Bergstrom AFB, TX
  • 1974 Retired from USAF

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F-84F
RF-80
RF-84F
F-100 D/F
F-105D
F-4D
EC-121D

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Jet Fighter Maintenance School
  • USAF F-84F, F-100D/F, F-105, F-4D schools
  • NCO Academy
  • Armed Forces Courier School

Civilian Education:

  • High School

Gill,John And Andrea
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