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

Long, Leslie C.

Leslie Clark Long

Preferred Name: Les

Date of Birth: July 12, 1938

Highest Military Grade: Select

Hometown: Phoenix, AZ

Units Assigned

1961-3/1963 Aviation Cadet Class 61-A, Vance AFB, OK (T-33, T-37 IP)till March 1963.
3/1963-6/1965 IP in new T-37 PIT Program (Initial Startup of T-37 PIT), Williams AFB, AZ (T-37, T-38).
6/1965-10/1965 523^rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM (F-100)
10/1965-12/1965 Training, Luke AFB, AZ/Cannon AFB, NM
12/1965 90^th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, LA
1/1966-1967 90^th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100/T-38 PIT IP)
1968-1/1970 IP, Randolph AFB, TX (T-37)
1970 Left USAF

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross

Air Medal with 12 Oak Leaf Clusters

Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm

Flight Info

T-37
T-38
F-100

Military & Civilian Education