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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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Sargent, Michael

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Michael Sargent

Preferred Name: Elect
Highest Military Grade: Select
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Michael Sargent flew the F-100 in 1967 with the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Cannon AFB, NM. In 1968 he flew the Hun with the 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron/37th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Phu Cat AB, Vietnam.

From 1969-1970 Sargent flew the F-100 with the 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron/20th Tactical Fighter Wing out of RAF Woodbridge, England.

Following his time in the F-100 he was an airline Captain from 1996-2007 with Titan Airways London, Stansted Airport, UK. He retired in 2007.

Units Assigned

  • 1967 27th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cannon AFB, NM (F-100)
  • 1968 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron/37th Tactical Fighter Wing, Phu Cat AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1969-1970 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron/20th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Woodbridge, England (F-100)
  • 1971-1974 RAF Upper Heyford, England (F-111)
  • 1971-1974 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM
  • 1982-1985 524th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, RAF Lakenheath, England

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