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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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Revak, John J.

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John J. Revak

Preferred Name: John
Date of Birth: July 17, 1931
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
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John Revak flew the F-100 with 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron. He was also a Wild Weasel and flew 100 missions with his best friend Stan Goldstein. “Majs. Revak and Goldstein flew their 100th mission on Nov. 25, 1968. Remarkably, they flew all 100 of their missions “up North” together.” (Wild Weasel crews typically flew most, but not all, of their missions together). (1)

Source (1): https://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/Visit/Museum-Exhibits/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/197486/nose-gunners-and-bears/

Units Assigned

  • 1959-1961 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-100)
  • 1965 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Germany (F-105D)
  • 10/1967 Wild Weasel training, Nellis AFB, NV (T-39, F-105)
  • 1/1968 Wild Weasels, Korea (F-105 F)

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