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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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Screws, Donald R.

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Donald R. Screws

Preferred Name: Don
Date of Birth: September 29, 1946
Highest Military Grade: Select
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Pilot Information

Don Screws flew the F-100 with the 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing, 4515th Combat Crew Training Squadron, 550th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, and 426th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ.

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  • 58th Tactical Fighter Training Wing, 4515th Combat Crew Training Squadron, 550th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron,
  • 426th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, FL
  • 128th Tactical Fighter Squadron/116th Tactical Fighter Wing, GAANG, Dobbins AFB, GA

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