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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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Zeitner, Charles M.

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Charles M. Zeitner

Preferred Name: Chuck
Date of Birth: March 24, 1929
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
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After serving in the USAF as a fighter pilot for 30 years, Chuck Zeitner was MTS/Manager  at The Aerospace Corporation from 1983-1997. He then started an Olive Growing business.

Units Assigned

  • 1957  388 Tactical Fighter Bomber Group/561st Fighter-Bomber Wing, Hahn AB, Germany (F-100 D/F)
  • 1958 49th Tactical Fighter Squadron/8th Fighter Wing, Etain-Rouvres Air Base, France (F-100)
  • 1963 352nd Fighter Day Squadron/354 Fighter-Day Wing, Phan Rang AB, Vietnam (F-100)
  • 1967 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Fighter Bomber Wing, Commander, Lakenheath, England (F-100)

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Flight Info

  • F-100 D/F

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1973 Air War College

Civilian Education:

  • 1952 BS/Electrical and Electronics Engineering, South Dakota State University

Zietner, Charles In SSS Hoedown Band
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