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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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Kehoe, Peter J.

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Peter Joseph Kehoe

Preferred Name: Pete
Nickname/Call Sign: Red Barron
Date of Birth: December 10, 1938
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Falmouth, MA
Biography
Pilot Information
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Pete “Red Baron” Kehoe flew the F-100 with the 309th, 308th, and 614th Tactical Fighter Squadrons.

Units Assigned

  • 4514th Combat Crew Training Squadron
  • 1962 4517th Combat Crew Training Squadron
  • 1962-1965 77th Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 1965-1966 309th, 308th, 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-100)
  • 1966-1967 4515th Combat Crew Training Squadron
  • 1968-1970 4517th Combat Crew Training Squadron
  • 1971 162nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 1971-1972 101st Tactical Fighter Squadron

Civilian

  • 1969-1998 American Airlines Captain (nautical), Fort Worth/Texas/NewYork/Chicago/Boston

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • Malden Catholic High School
  • BS Aerospace Engineering, Boston University College of Engineering

Kehoe, Peter
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