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Today in History – April 5, 1962 – 1962 Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600m

Neil Armstrong and the X-15 by Bob van der Linden, Posted on Tue, July 23, 2019, Aeronautics Department, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum “Released from duty in mid-1952, Armstrong returned to Purdue where he earned his degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. His love of flight and engineering drew him to the National Advisory

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Monroe, Kenneth J.

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Kenneth J. Monroe

Preferred Name: Ken
Nickname/Call Sign: Rovy
Date of Birth: November 3, 1939
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Fairfax, VA
Biography
Pilot Information

Ken was still serving in 2007 as an Independent Contractor, Department of State., with worldwide travel in a “nation-building” type work in the general area of counter-terrorism.

Units Assigned

  • 8/7/1962 OTS, Commissioned, Lackland AFB, TX
  • 1962-1963 Central Inertial Guidance Test Facility, Holloman AFB, NM
  • 1964-1965 Pilot Training, Class 65-E Webb AFB, TX
  • 1965 4445 Tactical Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1965-1968 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron/20th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Wethersfield UK (F-100)
  • 1968-1969 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tuy Hoa AB, RVN (F-100)
  • 1969-1972 USAF TAWC Eglin AFB, FL (F-4)
  • 1972-1973 ACSC
  • 1973-1977 Pentagon Air Force Studies and Analysis (T-39)
  • 1977-1978 National War College
  • 1978-1979 US Military Training Mission, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (F-5)
  • 1979-1981 425th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Commander,  Williams AFB, AZ (F-5)
  • 1981-1983 49th Tactical Fighter Wing, Deputy Commander/Maintenance, Holloman AFB. NM (F-15)
  • 1983-1984 HQ US Central Command, Dep J3
  • 1985 51st Tactical Fighter Wing, Vice Wing Commander, Osan AB, Korea, (F-4)
  • 1986-1988 HQ US Forces Korea, Dep J2
  • 1988-1989 Defense Intelligence Agency, Attache Training, Washington, DC
  • 1989-1992 Defense Attache, Buenos Aires, Argentina (C-12)
  • 8/31/1992 Retired USAF

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100
F-4
T-39
F-5
F-15
C-12

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • SOS
  • ACSC
  • 1977-1978 National War College
  • 1988-1989 Attaché Training

Civilian Education:

  • 1961 BA Physics/Mathematics, Colgate University
  • 1973 MBA, Auburn University

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