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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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Woodall, James D.

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James D. Woodall

Preferred Name: Woody
Date of Birth: November 29, 1945
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Hometown: Jacksonville, TX
Biography
Pilot Information

Woody Woodall had “Twenty four years of continuous flying, 4300+ hours in fighters, 14 ocean crossings…it was a dirty job, but someone had to do it…a blessed career.”

Units Assigned

  • 6/1967-3/1969 UPT, Class 68H, Laughlin; 4513th RTU, Luke AFB, AZ (F-100)
  • 4/1969-10/1969 510th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 10/1969-2/1970 352nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang AB Vietnam (F-100)
  • 5/1970-6/1973 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Holloman AFB, NM (F-4)
  • 5/1972-Oct 72 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Constant Guard, Takhli AFB, Thailand (F-4)
  • 6/1973-6/1974 HQ USAF/AFMPC, Randolph AFB, TX (T-39)
  • 8/1974-7/1976 414Th FWS(Student/Instructor), Nellis AFB, NV (F-4)
  • 7/1976-7/1977 8th Tactical Fighter Wing DOW/80th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Kunsan AFB, South Korea (F-4)
  • 8/1977-11/1979 49th Tactical Fighter Wing DOW/8th Tactical Fighter Squadron (F-15)
  • 12/1979-6/1982 HQ TAC/IG, Langley AFB, VA (F-15)
  • 6/1982-5/1985 60th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Eglin AFB, FL (F-15)
  • 5/1985-5/1987 59th Tactical Fighter Squadron/CC, Eglin AFB, FL (F-15)
  • 8/1987-6/1989 HQ 9AF/DOW,  Shaw AFB, SC (F-15)
  • 6/1989-8/1991 4440th Tactical Fighter Training Group (Red Flag)/CC, Nellis AFB, NV (F-16)
  • 8/1991-8/1992 HQ 7AF/XP, Osan AB, South Korea
  • 8/1992-7/1994 HQ TFWC/QI, Nellis AFB, NV

Awards & Decorations

Flight Info

F-100
F-4
T-39
F-15
F-16

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • Pilot Training
  • Fighter Weapons School
  • PME: SOS, Marine C&SC, NWC (correspondence)

Civilian Education:

  • 1967 BA/History, North Carolina State University

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