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

Speros, Richard L.

Richard Lee Speros

Preferred Name: Dick

Nickname/Call Sign: Moose

Date of Birth: October 16, 1936

Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major

Hometown: Oil City, PA

In 1995 “Moose” Speros was appointed by the Governor of WI as the first Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Tourism.

Units Assigned

UPT Class 68A, Webb AFB, TX (T-33, T-38)
1967 309th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)
524th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM (F-100)
12th Air Force Stan Eval
114th Tactical Fighter Group, SDANG

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Flying Cross with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters

Air medal with 9 Oak Leaf Clusters

Flight Info

T-33
T-38
F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Education:

1961 BA/History, Alliance College, PA
MA/Education, Troy (State University, AL