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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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Salmen, Robert E.

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Robert E. Salmen

Preferred Name: Bob
Date of Birth: December 4, 1934
Highest Military Grade: 0-3 – Captain
Headed West Date: April 22, 2023
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Bob Salmen flew the F-100 with the 121st Tactical Fighter Squadron of the DCANG and the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Kadena AB, Okinawa.

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  • 121st Tactical Fighter Squadron, DCANG (F-100)
  • 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Kadena AB, Okinawa (F-100)

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Robert E. Salmen, age 88, of Palm Harbor, Florida passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.nationalcremation.com/location/clearwater for the Salmen family.

 

Source: https://obituaries.nationalcremation.com/obituaries/clearwater-fl/robert-salmen-11264860

No other information is available at this time.

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