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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, Wayne E., Sr.

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Wayne E. Smith, Sr.

Preferred Name: Wyane
Date of Birth: February 12, 1934
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Little Rock, AR
Headed West Date: February 22, 2022
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Wayne Smith flew the F-100 with the 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron. “He was a proud fighter pilot in the United States Air Force and achieved the rank of Lt. Colonel before retiring.”(1)

 

Source (1): https://www.mooresjacksonvillefuneralhome.com/obituary/wayne-smith-sr

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Wayne E. Smith, Sr., LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on February 22, 2022.

Wayne Earl Smith Sr., 88, of Cabot, AR, passed away on February 22, 2022. He was born February 12, 1934 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Ed Bixby Smith and Myrtle Buna (Polk) Smith. In addition to his parents, Wayne is preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Carol (Haley) Smith; and sister, Alma Virginia Becknell. He was a proud fighter pilot in the United States Air Force and achieved the rank of Lt. Colonel before retiring.

Those left to cherish Wayne’s memory include his wife, Virgilia Batausa Smith; daughters, Kimberly Smith-Britten and Sandra Jean Smith; sons, Scott Allen Smith, Michael Lee Smith, and Wayne Earl Smith Jr; brother, Jimmy Lee Smith;  as well as eleven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held 4:00 p.m., Saturday, February 26, 2022 at First Baptist Church in Jacksonville. The family asks that memorial donations be made in Wayne’s name to either First Baptist Church in Arkansas or to the American Legion.

He is buried in the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery.

Click to see a tribute video for Wayne E. Smith, Sr.

Source: https://www.mooresjacksonvillefuneralhome.com/obituary/wayne-smith-sr

 

 

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