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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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McDonald, William F.

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William F. McDonald

Preferred Name: Bill
Nickname/Call Sign: Brownbar or Bullet
Date of Birth: January 10, 1945
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Fairbanks, Alaska (formerly Austin, TX)
Biography
Pilot Information

Bill McDonald flew the F-100 from 1968-1969 with the 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron/31st Tactical Fighter Wing, as Squadron Maintenance Officer, out of Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam.

Since 1994, Bill has been the owner of Alaska Leisure Consulting inFairbanks, Alaska.

Units Assigned

  • 1968-1969 308 Tactical Fighter Squadron/31st Tactical Fighter Wing,  Squadron Maintenance Officer, Tuy Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1/1970-10/1972 31st Tactical Fighter Wing, Homestead AFB, FL (F-4)
    (4/1972-9/1972 redeployed 308th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Udorn RTAFB Thailand with 18 F-4Es )
  • 1972-1976 17th AF HQ, Sembach AB Germany
  • 1976-1980 16th Tactical Fighter Training Wing/388th Tactical Fighter Wing, Hill AFB,  UT (F-16A/B) -deployed Nordholz AB, Germany (F-4)
  • 1980-1984 HQ USAF LEEY (A-10, E-4B)
  • 1984-1985  8th EMS/CC/8th Tactical Fighter Wing (F-16)
  • 1986-1989 363rd TFW (F-16)/507th TACAIR Wing 4507CAMS/CC (OT-37, OV-10, CH-3)
  • 1989-1991 HQ TAC Dep Dir Munitions (Desert Storm attach 9th TIS)
  • 1991-1994 343rd and 354th DCM/Logistics Group CC, Eielson AFB, AK (F-16/ A-10)
  • 8/1994 Retired USAF

 

 

Awards & Decorations

Legion Of Merit
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Bronze Star
Meritorious Service Award
Meritorious Service Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal with 5 Oak Leaf Clusters
Republic Of Korea Korean War Service Medal
Korean Service Medal
RVN Gallantry Cross With Palm
Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm

Flight Info

F-100
F-4 E
A-10
E-4B
F-16
OT-37
OV-10
CH-3
A-10

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • 1965-1968 Wentworth Military Academy
  • 1968 BS/Secondary Education, University of Missouri
  •  1975 MS/Industrial Relations Management University of Utah

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