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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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Davis, Perry P., Jr.

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Perry P. Davis, Jr.

Preferred Name: Perry
Nickname/Call Sign: Shack
Date of Birth: September 5, 1943
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Clifton, TN
Biography
Pilot Information

From 1967-1968 Perry Davis flew the F-100 with the 4515 Combat Crew Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ. In May of 1968 he was assigned to the 308th TFS out of Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam until May of 1969.

Units Assigned

  • 9/1967-3/1968 4515 Combat Crew Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ
  • 5/1968-5/1969 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam

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Military Education:

  • SOS
  • Command and Staff

Civilian Education:

  • BBA University of Memphis

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