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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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Soldner, Jeffrey K.

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Jeffrey K. Soldner

Preferred Name: Jeff
Nickname/Call Sign: Ned
Date of Birth: August 1, 1954
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: IN
Biography
Pilot Information

Jeffrey Soldner spent 22 years with the Indiana ANG. He spent part of that time as Maintenance & Operations Group Commander and last his last 6 yrs with the ANG as Wing Commander. He mentored Afghan Air Force General Staff with Engility Corp. prior to full time retirement.

“When I retired from the Guard in 2011 as an O-6, I’m pretty sure I was the last active pilot in the entire AF with F-100 time on the books. I flew in the Last student sortie out of Tucson ANG RTU.”

Units Assigned

  • 1978-1981 163rd Tactical Fighter Squadron/122nd Tactical Fighter Wing (F-100)
  • 2011 Retired USAF

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100
F-16

Military & Civilian Education

  • 1997-1998 Air War College, Senior Military Studies
  • 1973-1979 BS/Building Construction Technology, Purdue University

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