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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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Kuper, Eugene D.

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Gene Duane Kuper

Preferred Name: Gene
Date of Birth: August 26, 1952
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
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Gene Kuper flew the F-100 from 1976-1978 175th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the SDANG.

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  • 1976-1978 175th Tactical Fighter Squadron, SDANG (F-100)

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