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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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Rush, Thomas A.

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Thomas A. Rush

Preferred Name: Tom
Date of Birth: June 1, 1933
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Sheridan, NE
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Pilot Information
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Tom flew the F-100 in 1956 with the 80th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Itazuke AB, Japan.

Units Assigned

  • 1956 80th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Itazuke AB, Japan (F-100)
  • Commander, Defense Personnel Support Center, DPSC, Defense Logistics Agency

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Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1971 Air Command and Staff College

Civilian Education:

  • University of Kentucky

Rush, Tom
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