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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McChristian, Jerome M.

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Jerome M McChristian Preferred Name: Jerry Nickname/Call Sign: Jerry Date Of Birth: 06-12-1940 Highest Military Grade Held: Capt. O3 Hometown: Odessa, TX Civilian Education BS Aero-Space Eng. University of Texas Units Assigned Dec 1964- Dec 1967 81 TFS/50 TFW Hahn AB, West Germany F100D & F4C Feb. 1968- Feb. 1969 FAC 21st TASS Pleiku, RVN O-1/O-2 -336 missions Feb. 1969- [...]

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Macomber, Victor K.

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Victor Macomber Preferred Name: Vic Nickname/Call Sign: Vic Date Of Birth: August 22, 1930 Highest Military Grade Held: Lieutenant Colonel, O5 Hometown: Damariscotta, ME [ult_tab_element tab_style="Style_6" tab_title_color="#ffffff" tab_background_color="#1a1c43" tab_hover_title_color="#ffffff" tab_hover_background_color="#6b0202" acttab_title="#ffffff" acttab_background="#6b0202" tabs_border_radius="5" shadow_color="#000000" enable_bg_color="rgba(40,40,40,0.04)"][single_tab title="Biography" tab_id="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd89e7e-b495"] Biography Vic Macomber retired from the USAF in February of 1973 and from A.G. Edwards, where he was a stockbroker, in February

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Miles, Kenneth P.

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Kenneth P. Miles Preferred Name: Ken Nickname/Call Sign: Ken Date Of Birth: 02-29-1928 Highest Military Grade Held: Major General, O 8 Hometown: Palm Desert, CA Kenneth P. Miles Has Headed West - Memoriam [ult_tab_element tab_style="Style_6" tab_title_color="#ffffff" tab_background_color="#1a1c43" tab_hover_title_color="#ffffff" tab_hover_background_color="#6b0202" acttab_title="#ffffff" acttab_background="#6b0202" tabs_border_radius="5" shadow_color="#000000" enable_bg_color="rgba(40,40,40,0.04)"][single_tab title="Biography" tab_id="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd89e00-3704"] Biography [/single_tab][single_tab title="Units - Education - Awards - Flight Info" tab_id="5ac61011-2c93-49145-8fd89e00-3704"] Units Assigned

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