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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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Tilghman, Thomas A.

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Thomas A. Tilghman

Preferred Name: Tom
Nickname/Call Sign: Tench/Tilly
Date of Birth: February 19, 1936
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Biography
Pilot Information
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After serving in the USAF, Tom says he “messed about with a law course became a stockbroker, and setted down to being a senior aerospace instructor at three high schools, the last being in Wiesbaden, Germany.”

Tom currently lives in Aiken, SC.

Units Assigned

  • 2/1963-12/1965 481st Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB; NM (F-100)
  • 1/1966-7/1968, 522nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM (F-100)

Awards & Decorations

Defense Super Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion Of Merit
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Purple Heart

Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • BA, University of Florida
  • MA, Auburn University

Tilghman, Tom
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