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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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Pollock, Robert G.

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Robert Gene Pollock

Preferred Name: Rob
Nickname/Call Sign: Blitz
Date of Birth: November 13, 1939
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO
Biography
Pilot Information
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Rob Pollock flew the F-100 from 5/1966-4/1967 with the 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam, and from 4/1967-6/1969 with the 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of RAF Lakenheath, England.

Units Assigned

  • 5/1966-4/1967 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 4/1967-6/1969 494th Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England (F-100)
  • 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Korat AB, Thailand (F-4)
  • 1977-1981 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron/525th Tactical Fighter Squadron/22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Commander, Bitburg AB, Germany (F-15)
  • 1984-1985 Shaw AFB, SC (F-16)

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
Air Medal (multiple)
Legion Of Merit
Legion of Merit

Flight Info

F-100
F-4
F-15
F-16

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1963 USAFA
  • 1981 Stanford University

Pollock, Rob
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