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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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James E. Lapine

Preferred Name: Jim
Date of Birth: July 4, 1935
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Headed West Date: June 11, 2023
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Jim Lapine flew the F-100 from 1957-1959 21st Tactical Fighter Squadron/413Tactical Fighter Wing out of George AFB, CA.

Units Assigned

  • 1956-1957 98th Tactical Fighter Squadron/4709th Air Defense Wing, Dover AFB, DE (F-101)
  • 1957-1959 21st Tactical Fighter Squadron/413Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA (F-100)
  • 1965-1966 306th Tactical Fighter Squadrons/31st Tactical Fighter Wing,  Homestead AFB, FL
  • 1966-1967 307 Tactical Fighter Squadron/31st Tactical Fighter WingTuy Hoa AB, Vietnam
  • 1967-1969 4515th Combat Crew Training Squadron/4510th Combat Crew Training Wing, Luke AFB, AZ
  • 1976 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Commander, Luke AFB, AZ

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James E. Lapine, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on June 11, 2023.

James Edward “Jim” Lapine, 87, retired United States Air Force Pilot and Cessna Demonstrator Pilot, died Sunday, June 11, 2023.

A Funeral Mass [was held on] Monday, June 19, 2023, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church. Preceded in death by his parents, James I. and Claire Lapine and his three older brothers. Survived by his wife of 61 years, their four children, sixteen grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

A memorial has been established with: The Lord’s Diner, 520 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS 67214. Services in care of Downing & Lahey Mortuary – West Chapel.

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