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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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John Joseph Lynch

Preferred Name: John
Date of Birth: November 18, 1936
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Ft. Sill, OK
Headed West Date: July 1, 2017
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John Lynch retired retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1981 with 24 years of military service which included service in Vietnam.

He continued his flying career for another 14 years as a charter pilot. He loved to fly and seized every opportunity to take to the skies. He loved the outdoors, hiking, golf, woodworking, metalworking, and hugging grandkids.

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1954 Midwest City High School
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John J. Lynch, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on July 1, 2017

John Joseph Lynch, 80, of Midwest City, Oklahoma, a retired Lt. Colonel and decorated U.S. Air Force veteran, passed away July 1, 2017.

He was born November 18, 1936 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma to the late M/Sgt. Marion M. Lynch and Charlotte Lynch. He graduated from Midwest City High School in 1954 and received a BA from Park College in Kansas City. He retired from the U.S. Air Force in 1981 with 24 years of military service which included service in Vietnam.

He married his high school sweetheart, Nancy Joan Larkins, in 1957 at the Tinker AFB chapel. They lived in many states and overseas as they traveled for his military service before settling in Las Vegas. He continued his flying career for another 14 years as a charter pilot. He loved to fly and seized every opportunity to take to the skies.

He loved the outdoors, hiking, golf, woodworking, metalworking, and hugging grandkids.

He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Joann, his older Sister Marion of Midwest City, Oklahoma, and his two son’s John of Spring Creek, Nevada and David of Oceanside, California. He is also survived by his six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral service was held on July 11, 2017, followed by a memorial and burial service with full military honors at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery.

 

 

 

 

To view of a celebration of John’s life go to: Https://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=John-Lynch&lc=1009&pid=185984054&mid=7470420# and click on Moving Memories.

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