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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Perkins, Ronald J.

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Ronald J. Perkins Preferred Name: Ron Nickname/Call Sign: Perk Date Of Birth: August 07, 1943 Highest Military Grade Held: Colonel, O6 Hometown: Chesterville, OH [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="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd8b4c4-b77f"] Biography Ronald J. Perkins, Colonel – United States Air Force Retired Ronald Perkins was born and raised in Ohio. He earned his

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Peterson, Charles P.

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Charles P. Peterson Preferred Name: Pete Nickname/Call Sign: Pete Date Of Birth: 11-18-1940 Highest Military Grade Held: LT COL Hometown: Abilene, TX Civilian Education ABILENE HIGH SCHOOL, 1959 MCMURRY COLLEGE HARDIN-SIMMONS UNIV, & UNIV OF HOUSTON 1959-62 UNIV OF TEXAS, 1964 BA, TROY STATE UNIV., MPA, 1976 Units Assigned AFROTC, UNIV OF TEXAS 1963-64 UPT CLASS 66A, WEBB AFB(T-37,T-38) 97

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