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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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Eastburn, Loren D.

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Loren D. Eastburn

Preferred Name: Loren
Date of Birth: October 25, 1937
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Chanute, KS
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“Entered the civilian business world……1984”

Loren Eastburn flew the F-100 from 1960-1961 at Luke and  Nellis AFB, NV; from 1961-1965 with the 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing out of RAF Lakenheath, England; from 1965-1966 with the 613th/614th/615th Tactical Fighter Squadrons out of England AFB, LA; from 1966-1967 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Phan Rang AB, RVN  and as an Instructor from 1967-1969 with the Fighter Weapons School at Nellis AFB, NV.

Units Assigned

1959-1960 Pilot Training: Primary/ Moore AFB,Tx Basic/ Webb AFB, TX (T-34, T-37, T-33)
1960-1961 Operational Training Luke AFB, AZ, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
1961-1965 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England (F-100)
1965-1966 613th/614th/615th Tactical Fighter Squadrons, England AFB, LA (F-100)
1966 Student, Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
1966-1967 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang AB, RVN (F-100)
1967-1969 Instructor, Fighter Weapons School Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
1970-1971 Weapons Center Project Officer Nellis AFB, NV (A-7)
1971-1972 Naval War College, Newport, RI
1972-1976 Operational Test & Evaluation, HQ USAF, Pentagon
1976-1977 35th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Commander, Kunsan, Korea (F-4)
1977-1980 58th Tactical Fighter Wing, Chief/ Stan Eval, EMS CC, Dep CC/ for Maintenance, Luke AFB, AZ (F-4)
1980-1982 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Director of Operations, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (A-10)
1982-84 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Vice Commander/Commander, Mountain Home AFB, ID (F-111)
1984 Retired USAF

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Flight Info

T-34
T-3
T-33
F-100
A-7
F-4
A-10
F-111

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • SOS
  • Naval War College
  • Command and Staff College
  • Fighter Weapons School

Civilian Education:

  • 1959 BA, Wichita State, University

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