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

Read More »
Main Menu

MIA/KIA

Fullam, Wayne E. – K.I.A.

By
Wayne E. Fullam   Preferred Name: Nickname/Call Sign: Date of Birth:  March 9, 1932 (October 7, 1967) KIA Highest Military Grade Held: Lieutenant Colonel Hometown:  Chattanooga, TN [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="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd8f2e4-6c0e"] Biography Lt Col Wayne Eugene Fullam was shot down 32 miles from Hanoi, parachuted into the trees

Fullam, Wayne E. – K.I.A. Read More »

Scroll to Top