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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Pillet, Frederick A.

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Frederick A. Pillet


Preferred Name: Fred

Nickname/Call Sign: Eagle 01

Date of Birth: July 17, 1937

Highest Military Grade Held: Colonel

Hometown:

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Biography

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Units Assigned

  • 614th/612th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phu Cat AB, Vietnam (F-100)

 

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100

Military Education

Civilian Education

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