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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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Bert Milton Yetman

Preferred Name: Bert
Date of Birth: June 22, 1932
Highest Military Grade: 0-4 – Major
Hometown: Southlake, TX
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Bert Yetman flew the F-100 from 1957-1961 with the 30th Tactical Fighter Squadron, George AFB, CA. After leaving the USAF he flew as a commercial and private pilot for many years.

Units Assigned

  • 1954-1957 22nd Fighter Day Squadron, Bitburg AB, Germany (F-84, F-86, F-100)
    (Temporay Assignment = Furstenfeldbrook, Germany)
  • 1957-1961 31st Tactical Fighter Squadron, George AFB, CA (F-100)
  • 1961-1971 George AFB, CA/7 NATO Countries (F-104C, F-104G)
  • 1962-1966 Germany (Luftwaffe 104G)
  • 11/1969-9/1970 Bien Hoa AB, Vietnam (A-37B)
  • 9/1970-12/21/1971 Luke AFB, AZ
  • 12/21/1971 Retired USAF

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F-84
F-86
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A-37B
F-104 C/G
Luftwaffe 104G

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Yetman, Bert In F100
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Bert Yetman has Kindle edition books Experiences from 20 Years (1951-1971) in the USAF, and The Life of Bert Yetman: My 20 Years After the USAF available on Amazon.

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