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Today in History – April 5, 1962 – 1962 Neil Armstrong takes X-15 to 54,600m

Neil Armstrong and the X-15 by Bob van der Linden, Posted on Tue, July 23, 2019, Aeronautics Department, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum “Released from duty in mid-1952, Armstrong returned to Purdue where he earned his degree in aeronautical engineering in 1955. His love of flight and engineering drew him to the National Advisory

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Cattolica, Vincent J.

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Vincent J. Cattolica

Preferred Name: Vince
Nickname/Call Sign: Proven/Misty 150
Date of Birth: July 8, 1944
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Pinetop, AZ
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My love for the F-100 – “You love a lot of things if you live around them, but there isn’t any woman and there isn’t any horse, not any before, nor any after, that is as lovely as a great airplane. And men who love them are faithful to them even though they leave them for others. A man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will ever be.” – Hemingway

Vince retired in 1991 with 24 years of service in the U.S. Air Force and ANG.  On July 1, 2010, he retired from a 22-year career as a CFP and Retirement Planning Consultant with A.G. Edwards & Sons, and Wells Fargo Advisors.  He is now living in Pinetop, Arizona enjoying a life amongst the Ponderosa Pines with all the fishing he can get in. (source: http://mistyvietnam.com/the-men/where-are-they-today/)

Units Assigned

  • 9/1967-12/1967 OTS, Lackland AFB, TX
  • 12/1967-1/1969 Pilot Training, Shepperd AFB, TX
  • 1/1969-10/1969 4511th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 11/1969-11/1970 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 31 Tactical Fighter Wing, Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 2/1970-5/1970 Det 1, 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron (Misty) Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100F)
  • 11/1970-8/1972 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron, England AFB, LA (F-100)
  • 8/1972-8/1991 162nd Tactical Fighter Group, Tucson ANG, Tucson, AZ (F-100, A-7)
  • 8/1991 Retirement USAF

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Military Education:

  • Command and Staff

Civilian Education:

  • MBA

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