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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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Kruse, Robert L.

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Robert L. Kruse

Preferred Name: Bob
Nickname/Call Sign: Kruser
Date of Birth: September 20, 1931
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Paolo Alto, CA
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Bob Kruse flew the F-100 from 1965-1966 with the 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron/24th Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Cannon AFB, NM, and in 1967  with the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron/3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Bien Hoa AB Vietnam. In 1967 he gain flew with the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, out of Phu Cat AB, Vietnam.

Bob flew over 200 missions in Vietnam.

Units Assigned

  • 12/1954 Entered USAF, Lackland AFB, TX
  • 1954 Primary Pilot Training, Mission AB, TX (T-34, T-28A)
  • 1956 Basic Pilot Training, Laredo TX (T-28, T-33)
  • 1956 Moody AFB, GA (F-94C)
  • 5/1956 46th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Dover AFB, DE (F-94C)
  • 1958 PACAF, 40th FIS, Yakota, Japan (F-86D, F-102)
  • 11/1962 Air Training Command, Williams AFB, AZ (T-37)
  • 11/1963 Randolph AFB, (T-38)
  • 1964 Ferried T-38’s from Palmdale to Williams AFB, AZ (T-38)
  • 1964 IP/Flight Commander,  Williams AFB, AZ (T-38, F-102)
  • 1965-1966 RTU 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron/24th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, NM (F-100)
  • 1967 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron/3rd Tactical Fighter Wing, Bien Hoa AB Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1967 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phu Cat AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1968/1970 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing, Lakenheath RAFB, England
  • 1975 Retired USAF

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T-28A
T-33
T-27
T-38
F-94C
F-86
F-102
F-100

Service Flight Hours = 5800
Total Hours = 10,810

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