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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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Titus, Robert F.

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Robert F. Titus

Preferred Name: Bob
Date of Birth: December 6, 1926
Highest Military Grade: 0-7 – Brigadier General
Hometown: Orange, NJ
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Robert F. Titus was a brigadier general and a career fighter pilot in the United States Air Force. Titus flew a combined total of 500 combat missions in Korean War and Vietnam War, and was credited in destroying 3 enemy aircraft in aerial combat during the Vietnam War…

Titus took part in the zero-length-launch tests, in which an F-100 was launched from a truck by a 300,000-pound thrust booster attached to the aircraft. In 1959, he participated in an historic trans-polar flight from United Kingdom to the United States in the F-100 Super Sabre, for which he received a second Distinguished Flying Cross.(1)

Source: (1) Wikipedia

He retired in 1977, after 32 years of distinguished service

Units Assigned

  • 1/25/1945 Enlisted US Army
  • 1945-8/2/1946 82nd Airborne Division in Berlin, Germany
  • 8/2/1946 Left US Army service
  • 1946-1948 U.S. Army Reserve
  • 9/29/1948 Aviation Cadet Program, Commissioned 2Lt (F-51, F-86)
  • 9/1950-8/1951 Instructor Pilot (F-51, F-86)
  • 9/1951-9/1952 40th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and 39th Fighter Interceptor Squadron/18th and 51st Fighter Wing, Korea (F-51, F-86 – 101 missions)
  • 1952-1954 Ferry pilot, Dover Air Force Base, DE (F-84, F-86)
  • 3/1954-1960 Test pilot, Edwards AFB, CA (F-100 Super Sabre, F-101, F-102, F-106, F-104, F-105, F-107)
  • 1961 Completed Master’s Degree at University of Chicago – as Air Force Institute of Technology assignment
  • 8/1961-1963 53rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ramstein and Bitburg Air Bases, Germany (F-105)
  • 2/1963-1964 HQ US Air Forces in Europe, Directorate of Flight Safety, F-105 flight safety officer, Lindsey Air Station, Wiesbaden, Germany (F-105)
  • 8/1964-5/1966 HQ TAC, Chief Fighter Operations Branch, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Langley AFB, VA
  • 5/1966-1/1967 Commander of the “Skoshi Tigers,” Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-105)
  • 1/1967-9/1967 389th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Commander, Da Nang AB, Vietnam (F-4 – 400 combat missions in North and South Vietnam, destroyed three Mig-21s in aerial combat)
  • 9/1967-8/1969 USAF, Project officer for the F-15 and chief of Advanced Tactical Systems, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Development
  • 8/1969-6/1970 National War College
  • 6/1970-5/1971 5th Tactical Fighter Wing (redesignated as 1st Tactical Fighter Wing), Vice commander/Commander, MacDill AFB, FL
  • 5/1971 18th Tactical Fighter Wing, Commander, Kadena AB, Okinawa, Japan
  • 1972 313th Air Division, commander, Kadena AB, Japan
  • 8/1973-9/1974 HQ Air Force Systems Command, Deputy chief of staff, operations, Andrews AFB, MD
  • 9/1974-6/21/1966 U.S. Deputy chief of staff, LIVE OAK, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe at Shape, Belgium
  • 6/21/1966-2/1/1977 NORADADCOM, Assistant deputy chief of staff for plans and requirements (J-5), NORAD, and the assistant deputy chief of staff for plans and requirements, ADCOM, Peterson AFB, CO
  • 2/1/1977-8/1977 NORAD/ADCOM, Inspector general, Peterson AFB, CO
  • 8/1977 Retired USAF

Awards & Decorations

Air Force Cross
Air Force Cross
Silver Star
Silver Star
Legion Of Merit
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor Device and 3 Oak Leaf Clusters
Bronze Star
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Award
Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Air Medal
Air Medal with 4 Silver Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Medal
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
AF Commendation Medal
Presidential Unit Citation
Presidential Unit Citation with Oak Leaf Cluster
AF Outstanding Unit Award
Outstanding Unit Award with Valor Device and Oak Leaf Cluster
Army Good Conduct Medal
Army Good Conduct Medal
1920px American Campaign Medal Ribbon
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal Ribbon
WWII Victory Medal
Army Of Occupation Ribbon
Army of Occupation Medal with Germany Clasp
National Defense Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star
Korean Service Medal
Korean Service Medal with 3 Bronze Campaign Stars
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal with 4 Campaign Stars
Air Force Longevity Service Award (AFLSA)
AF Longevity Service Medal with Silver Oak Leaf Cluster
Small Arms Marksmanship Ribbon (SAEMR)
Small Arms Marksmanship Award
Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal Ribbon First Class
Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Roll 1st Class
Republic Of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation
Vietnam Cross Of Gallantry
Vietnam Gallantry Cross
United Nations Service Medal Korea Ribbon
United Nations Service Medal for Korea
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Republic Of Korea Korean War Service Medal
Korean War Service Medal

Flight Info

F-51
F-86
F-84
F-100
F-101
F-102
F-106
F-104
F-105
F-107
F-4
F-15

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Aviation Cadets
  • 6/1970 National War College

Civilian Education:

  • BS/Mining Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • 1961 Master’s Degree at University of Chicago

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Witness to War – https://www.witnesstowar.org/combat_stories/Korea/10191

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