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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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Smith, Dale E.

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Dale E. Smith

Preferred Name: Dale
Nickname/Call Sign: Dog Easy
Date of Birth: February 8, 1923
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Headed West Date: January 17, 2015
Biography
Pilot Information
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Dale Smith flew the F-100 with the 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron, and then the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam.

Units Assigned

  • 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-100)
  • 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam

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Silver Star
Silver Star

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F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Dale “DogEasy” Smith “Headed West” on January 17, 2015, after an unsuccessful bout with Cancer. He served with the 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron, then the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam and was awarded at least one Silver Star.
Dale is survived by his wife Irene and lived in Springfield, VA.

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