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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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Landon, Clifford C.

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Clifford C. Landon

Preferred Name: Cliff
Date of Birth: August 5, 1933
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Abingdon, IL
Biography
Pilot Information

Cliff Landon flew the F-100 from 1968-1969 with the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam.

Units Assigned

  • UPT, Class 54Q, Columbus, OH/Greenville, MS
  • 1968-1969 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam
  • 1969-1969 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron/20th Tactical Fighter Wing, Woodbridge RAFS, England
  • 1969-1970 55th Tactical Fighter Squadron/20th Tactical Fighter Wing, Upper Heyford RAFS, England
  • 1970-1972 77th  Tactical Fighter Squadron/20th Tactical Fighter Wing, Upper Heyford RAFS, Englan

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
Air Medal with 10 Oak Leaf Clusters
Vietnam Cross Of Gallantry
Vietnam Gallantry Cross
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Flight Info

F-100 D
F-86 E/F/D/L
F-101B
F-102A
L-20

Flight Hours: 3500
Missions: 185

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • USAF Cadet
  • SOS

Civilian Education:

  • 1965 University of Omaha, NE

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