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

White, William H.

William H. White

Preferred Name: Bill

Nickname/Call Sign: Knux

Date of Birth: December 3, 1946

Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel

Hometown: Edgewood, NM

“Retired since 2001.

Municipal Judge of Edgewood since 2002. No, I don’t know how being a fighter pilot qualifies me to be a judge, either.

Friends are always welcome for a beer and some bullshit.”
~Knux

Units Assigned

150th Fighter Wing, Kirtland AFB, Albuquerque, NM,
NM ANG (F-100, A-7, F-16)

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100
A-7
F-16

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

U.P.T. Craig AFB Class 70-06, F-100
1970 RTU Tucson A.N.G., A-7
1974 Transition Myrtle Beach A.F.B.
1991 F-16 Transition Wichita A.N.G.

Civilian Education:

1971 B.U.S. from UNM