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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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Robert Cooley

Preferred Name: Bob
Nickname/Call Sign: Spade
Date of Birth: February 17, 1932
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Phoenix, AZ
Headed West Date: November 8, 2016
Robert "Bob" Cooley - before
Robert "Bob" Cooley - now
Biography
Pilot Information

Bob Cooley flew the F-100 from 1962-1965 with the 4511th and 4517th TFTS out of Luke AFB, AZ.

Units Assigned

  • 12/1953 Graduated from Aviation Cadets
  • 1954 39th FIS, 51st FIW ROK (F-86)
  • 1954-1956 339 FIS Japan (F-86)
  • 1956 95 FIS Andrews AFB, DC (F-86)
  • 1956-1961 197th FIS, Arizona Air National Guard (F-86, F-104)
  • 1961-1962 162nd FBS Ohio Air National Guard (F-84F)
  • 1962-1965 4511th and 4517th TFTS, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1965-1966 9th TFS Spangdahlem AB, Germany (F-105)
  • 1966 357th TFS Tahkli AB, Thailand (F-105)
  • 1966-1970 Tac Fighter Weapons Center, Nellis AFB, NV (F-105)
  • 1970-1973 Hq TAC, Langley AFB, VA
  • 1973-1974 Incirlik AB, Turkey
  • 1974-1978 390th TFS and The RTU, Mountain Home AFB, ID (F-111F)

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-86
F-104
F-84F
F-100
F-105
F-111F

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Air Command and Staff College
  • Industrial College of the Armed Forces

Civilian Education:

  • Arizona State University graduate

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