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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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Thames, James D.

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James D. Thames

Preferred Name: Jim
Date of Birth: December 15, 1942
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Montgomery, AL
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Jim Thames flew the F-100 with the 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam.

Units Assigned

  • 1966 Graduated USAFA
  • Pilot Training, Craig AFB, AL
  • 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • Instructor Pilot, Craig AFB, AL (T-38)
  • 1974-1975 PE Instructor and Men’s Soccer Coach USAFA
  • 425th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Instructor Pilot, Williams AFB, AZ (F-5)
  • 314th Air Division, Plans and Programs, Republic of South Korea
  • Instructor and Head of Flight Safety, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (A-10)
  • 425th TTS, Instructor F-5, Williams AFB, AZ (F-5)

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Flight Info

F-100
T-38
F-5
A-10

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1966 USAFA

Civilian Education:

  • Masters Guidance and Counseling, University of Northern Colorado

Jim Thames in F-100 943 - Vietnam
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