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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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Welch, Loren E.

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Loren E. Welch

Preferred Name: Loren
Nickname/Call Sign: Frosty
Date of Birth: January 16, 1933
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Tamaroa, IL
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Loren Welch flew the Hun from 1963-1969. He retired from the USAF in 1977 and worked 18 years for an irrigation company. Now retired again, Loren says his main retirement activity is golf.

Units Assigned

  • 4/1963-2/1969 522nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Cannon AFB, NM (F-100)
  • 9/1969-12/1969 353rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Torrejon AB, Spain (F-100)
  • 4/1977 Retired USAF, Eglin AFB

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Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Industrial College (correspondence)

Civilian Education:

  • 1955 BS/Rural Studies (Ag), Southern Illinois University

Welch, Loren
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