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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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Sprotbery, Dale H.

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Dale H. Sprotbery

Preferred Name: Dale
Date of Birth: June 12, 1937
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
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Dale says on LinkedIn, “I was in the Air Force for 23 years as a fighter pilot then another 14 years as a contractor teaching in the classroom and simulators for current aircraft. Been into computers since 1976 and still enjoy teaching folks about computers.”

He is the owner of Old Pueblo Computer Training in Tucson.

Units Assigned

  • 4514th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron
  • 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Vietnam
  • 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 614th Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 311th Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 310th Tactical Fighter Squadron
  • 306th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Vietnam

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Civilian Education:

  • 1954 Tucson High School

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