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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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Van Dyke, Glen W.

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Glen William Van Dyke

Preferred Name: Bill
Nickname/Call Sign: Prefab
Date of Birth: April 28, 1939
Highest Military Grade: 0-8 – Major General
Hometown: Tucson, AZ
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“I was told I was the last person on earth to drop Napalm during an F-100 flight on the Luke AFB north/south TAC range. Bob Cassaro and Sean Ryan were in the flight but I was number 4 and dropped the last two.”

After retiring from the USAF in 1999, Bill took up building Hot Rods, particularly the 1932 Roadster.

Units Assigned

  • 1966 Craig AFB, AL (T-37,T-33)
  • 1966 Perrin AFB,TX (F-102, T-33)
  • 1966 152nd Fighter Interceptor Squadron, Tucson ANG, AZ (F-102)
  • 1970 Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 1971 162nd Tactical Fighter Training Group, AZANG (F-102 Instructor Pilot)
  • 1976 Davis Monthan AFB, AZ (A-7D)
  • 1977 162nd Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Tucson ANG AZ (A-7D/K Instructor Pilot)
  • 1985 Tyndall AFB, FL (F-16A/B)
  • 1986 162nd Tactical Fighter Training Group, Tucson AZ (F16A & B Instructor Pilot
  • 1986-1999 162nd Tactical Fighter Training Group Commander, Tucson, AZ
  • 1999 Retired as Adjutant General

Awards & Decorations

Distinguished Service Medal
AF Distinguished Service Medal
Legion Of Merit
Legion of Merit with Oak Leaf Cluster
Meritorious Service Award
Meritorious Service Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters
Combat Readiness Medal
AF Combat Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Air Reserves Meritorious Service Medal
Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service
Armed Forces Reserve Medal (AFResM)
Armed Forces Reserve

Flight Info

T-37
T-33
F-102
F-100
A-7 D
F-16 A/B

Flight Hours: 4900 flying hours, single-seat, single-engine

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Air War College

Civilian Education:

  • BA/Architecture

Van Dyke, Bill
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