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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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Lohnes, Richard L.

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Richard L. Lohnes

Preferred Name: Rick
Nickname/Call Sign: Rooster
Date of Birth: June 9, 1952
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Springfield, OH
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Rick Lohnes retired as 178th Fighter Wing Commander in 2008 and was elected to Clark County Ohio Commission in 2010 and 2014. He was Clark County Commissioner until May of 2022.

Units Assigned

  • 178th Tactical Fighter Group
  • 162nd Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 178th Fighter Wing

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F-100
A-7
F-16

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • UPT
  • F-100 CCTS
  • A-7 RTU
  • F-16 RTU ACSC
  • Air War College

Civilian Education:

  • 1974 BA/History and Coaching, Capital University

Lohnes, Richard On Aircraft
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