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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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Lanoue, Donald L.

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Donald Leo Lanoue

Preferred Name: Donald
Date of Birth: October 14, 1929
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Middlesex, MA
Headed West Date: May 23, 2022
Biography
Pilot Information
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Donald Lanoue flew the F-100 from 1966-1967 with the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC, and in  1968 with the 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron, out of Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam.

Units Assigned

  • 1966-1967 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach AFB, SC (F-100)
  • 1968 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1969 4532nd Tactical Training Squadron

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1947 Keith Academy
  • 1951 Boston College

Donald Leo Lanoue, age 92, of Sun City West, Arizona passed away on Monday, May 23, 2022.

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