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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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Reinbold, Buddie R.

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Buddie Rex Reinbold

Preferred Name: Bud
Date of Birth: August 28, 1933
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Headed West Date: February 18, 2020
Biography
Pilot Information
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Buddy Reinbold was a pilot during the Korean conflict and the Vietnam War. He flew the F-100 with the 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron/50th Tactical Fighter Wing, out of Toul Rosiere AB, France and Hahn AB, Germany, then with the 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, out of Myrtle Beach, SC.

Units Assigned

  • 1952 Enlisted USAF
  • 1955-1958 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron/50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Nellis AFB, NV/Chitose AB, Japan/ (F-86 E/F/H)
  • 81st Tactical Fighter Squadron/50th Tactical Fighter Wing, Toul Rosieres AB, France/Hahn AB, Germany (F-100)
  • 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Myrtle Beach, SC (F-100)
  • Nellis AFB, NV/Spangdahlem AB, Germany (F-105)
  • 1965 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing, IP, Nellis AFB, NV (F-105)
  • 1966 F-105 Wild Weasel at Tahkli AB, Thailand
  • 1967-1971 TAC HQTRS, Langley AFB Virginia/TAC HQTRS , 3rd Air Force, London, England (F-4 C/E)
  • 1972-1973 Base Commander RAF Wethersfield, Essex, England
  • 1973-1974 HQ 13th Air Force, Fighter Operations,  Clark AFB, Philippines
  • Tactical Operations, Eglin AFB, FL

Awards & Decorations

Silver Star
Purple Heart
Air Medal

Flight Info

F-86 E/F/H
F-100
F-15
F-4 C/E

Military & Civilian Education

Buddie Rex Reinbold, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on February 18, 2020.

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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