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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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Tindall, Ira F.

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Ira F. Tindall

Preferred Name: Ira
Date of Birth: December 13, 1934
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Ty Ty, GA
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Ira flew the F-100 from 1963-1966 with the 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron/20th Tactical Fighter Wing out of RAFB Woodbridge, England, and in 1967 with the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. 

He is currently the principal owner of Tindall Realty in Evans, GA.

Units Assigned

  • 1963-1966 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron/20th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAFB Woodbridge, England (F-100)
  • 1967 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam (F-100)

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Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1/1963 Survival training, Stead AFB, NV

Civilian Education:

  • BS/Math, University of Southern Mississippi

Tindall, Ira Boarding Jet
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