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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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Noebel, Peter C.

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Peter Christian Noebel

Preferred Name: Peter
Date of Birth: July 26, 1935
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Headed West Date: January 30, 2023
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Peter Noebel can be seen in the film “Hun Pilots”.

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  • 1960 Luke AFB, AZ/Nellis AFB, NV
  • 1961 Hahn AB, Germany
  • 1965 England AFB, LA
  • 1966 Phan Rang/Phu Cat AB, Vietnam
  • 1967 Cannon AFB, NM
  • 1969-1978 162nd Wing, Tucson Air National Guard

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Peter C. Noebel, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on January 20, 2023.

Lt. Col. Peter Christian Noebel (b.1935 in Tokyo, Japan) passed away on Friday, January 20, 2023, in Sierra Vista, AZ. After a lifetime of service to others as a friend and colleague, he was surrounded by love for his very last flight, this time to heaven. He even flew there himself!

He is survived by his daughter Erika and granddaughter Katalin (Katie), granddog Georgie-Peorgie, stepsons Ken (Sunny) Roberts and Kevin Roberts, as well as brother Gerd (Jamie, Gunnar and Annie) of Highlands Ranch, CO, and sister Cristina Elliott (Charles, Doris, Lea, Merle, Michael, Ashlyn, Marc and Nathan) of Baton Rouge, LA.

He was preceded in death by loving wife Barbara Ann (née Valentine; 2007†), mother Inge Helene (2004†) and father Willy Eduard (1965†).

The Tucson Noebel family wishes to thank all the good people of Tucson, and especially of San Clemente, the 162nd Wing of the ANG and the USAF who called Peter a friend and helped make Tucson his real home for over 50 years. Many thanks also to the members of the F-100 Super Sabre Society and to the hero nurses and CNAs at SV Life Care Center who took care of him at the end.

A private memorial service will be held in his honor; the family requests contributions in his memory and name be made to the American Legion Hall John P. Burns Post 36, 5845 E. 22nd St., Tucson, AZ 85711.

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