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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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Lyon, David C.

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David Christopher Lyon

Preferred Name: Dave
Date of Birth: December 29, 1939
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Boulder City, NV
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Dave Lyon flew the F-100 with the 613th Tactical Fighter Squadron/401st Tactical Fighter Wing out of England AFB, LA and Torrejon AB, Spain.

In 2020, Dave was elected “Citizen of the Year” by the Kuna, ID Grange.

Units Assigned

  • 613th Tactical Fighter Squadron/401st Tactical Fighter Wing, England AFB, LA & Torrejon AB, Spain

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F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • USAFA

Civilian Education:

  • Boulder City High School
  • Community College of Denver
  • University of Southern California

Lyon, Dave In Uniform
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