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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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Wayert, John H., Jr.

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John H. Wayert, Jr.

Preferred Name: Jack
Date of Birth: January 4, 1943
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Fair Haven, CT
Biography
Pilot Information

Jack Wayert was a commercial pilot with Delta Airlines, and Captain on 727,757,767, 777, L-1011, and MD-11 aircraft.

Units Assigned

  • 10 TFS, Hahn AB, Germany
  • 7 TFS, Holloman AFB, NM
  • 1971-1979 122nd TFS/159th TFG, LAANG, NAS New Orleans (F-100D, F-4 C/D, F-15)

Awards & Decorations

Air Force Commendation Medal
AF Commendation Medal

Flight Info

F-100 (750 hrs)
F-4 C/D
F-15

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Air War College

Civilian Education:

  • BSEE, University of Connecticut

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