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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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Mangum, Dennis R.

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Dennis R. Mangum

Preferred Name: Dennis
Nickname/Call Sign: Speedy
Date of Birth: October 9, 1942
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: FL
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Dennis Mangum went to F-100 Pilot Training in 1966 at Luke AFB in Arizona. He was then assigned to fly the F-100 from 1967-1970 with the 77th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of RAF Wethersfield, England.

Units Assigned

  • 1966 Pilot Training, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1967-1970 77th Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Wethersfield, England (F-100)

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F-100
F-104C

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Air War College

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