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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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Kimminau, Leo F.

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Leo F. Kimminau

Preferred Name: Leo
Date of Birth: December 28, 1931
Highest Military Grade: Select
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Leo Kimminau flew the F-100 with the KAANG 184th Tactical Fighter Group, out of McConnell AFB, KS. For the past 30 years Leo has been the Lead Information Systems Engineer in the Defense Industry.

Units Assigned

  • 2/1953-9/1953 Aviation Cadets, Hondo AFB, TX
  • 1953-1954 Pilot Training (Class #1 54E)
  • 184th Tactical Fighter Group, KAANG McConnell AFB, KS

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F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Aviation Cadets

Civilian Education:

  • 1979-1983 Regis University, Colorado Springs, CO
  • 2009 MS, Systems Engineering, University of Virginia

Leo Kimminau pilot class
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