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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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Swenson, Stanley B.

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Stanley Burris Swenson

Preferred Name: Stan
Nickname/Call Sign: Butch
Date of Birth: February 1, 1943
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
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Stan Swenson flew the F-100 with the 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam, from 1968-1969.

Stan is currently the Owner of  SBSwenson Aviation Instruction in Kapolei, Hawaii.

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  • 1968-1969 531st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)

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Civilian Education:

  • 1966 Washington State University

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