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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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Robinson, Alan M.

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Alan M. Robinson

Preferred Name: Robby
Nickname/Call Sign: Bizarre/Misty 137
Date of Birth: January 12, 1945
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Honolulu, HI
Biography
Pilot Information

Favorite fighter? The Hun.
Best Mission? Interdicting the Ho Chi Minh Trail with the Mistys!

Robby Robinson was a pilot for Aloha Airlines from 5/1973-1/2005 Aloha Airlines.

Units Assigned

  • 4/1967-7/1967 Officer Training School, Lackland AFB, TX
  • 8/1967-7/1968 UPT Class 69-01, Laughlin AFB, TX
  • 9/1968-3/1969 RTU, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 5/1969-5/1970 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tuy Hoa AFB, Vietnam
  • 9/26/1969-3/14/1970 MISTY 113, Tuy Hoa AFB, Vietnam (100 missions over Laos)
  • 7/1970-9/1970 F-4 Conversion, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ (F-4)
  • 10/1970-3/1973 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron, MacDill AFB, FL
  • 5/1980-7/1995 Hawaii Air National Guard, 199th Fighter Squadron, Hickam AFB, HI
  • 1988 F-15 Conversion, Tyndall AFB, FL (F-15)

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal
Air Medal with 13 Devices
PACAF Aircrew of Distinction Award, 2nd Quarter 1987

Flight Info

F-100
F-4
F-15

179 Combat Missions

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1983 Squadron Officer School
  • 1984 Air Command and Staff
  • 1985 National Security Management

Civilian Education:

  • Punahou School
  • 1967 BA, Hamilton College

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