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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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Pinney, George F.

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George Frederick Pinney

Preferred Name: George
Nickname/Call Sign: Misty 18
Date of Birth: February 25, 1928
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Headed West Date: October 23, 2014
Biography
Pilot Information
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George F. Pinney served in the Korean War and in the Vietnam War as Misty pilot #18.

Units Assigned

  • Korea
  • 1950 334th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Wheelus AFB, Libya (F-86)
  • 1957 334th Fighter Day Squadron, Johnson AFB, (F-100, F-105)
  • Vietnam

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star
Bronze Star
Air Medal
Air Medal

Flight Info

F-86
F-100
F-105

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1949 BS, Iowa State University

George F. Pinney, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on October 23, 2014.

George served in the Korean War and in the Vietnam War as Misty 18.

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