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
On December 12, 1967, Capt Robert Lynne Long was flying F-100 #56-2922 on a mission over Michelin Plantation about 10 miles West of Lai Khe. His aircraft was shot down over Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam and his body recovered.
At the time of his death he was married with two daughters.
Robert is buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Plymouth, IN, and is honored on the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial in Washington DC. His name is inscribed at VVM Wall, Panel 32e, Line 45.
Source: Bio info/Photos- HonorStates.org; TheWallofFaces.org; FindAGrave.org
