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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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Spangler, Warren E

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Warren E. Spangler

Preferred Name: Warren
Nickname/Call Sign: Spang
Date of Birth: June 21, 1933
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Kittitas, WA
Biography
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“I flew the F-100A at Nellis in the Summer and Fall 0f 1957 Class 57O to finish my initial Fighter school. From there I went to my first PCS assignment at Itazuke AB Japan and the 35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron of the 8th Fighter Wing.  Great times and glad to have survived the experience.”

Warren retired as Captain after flying for American Airlines.

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  • 1957 Fighter Pilot Training, Class 57O, Nellis AFB, NV (F-100)
  • 35th Fighter-Bomber Squadron/8th Fighter Wing, Itazuke AB, Japan (F-100)
  • 457th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Carswell AFB, TX

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