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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Elander, William J.

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William J. Elander Preferred Name: Bill Nickname/Call Sign: Date of Birth: July 2, 1934 Highest Military Grade Held: Lieutenant Colonel, O5 Hometown: Berwyn, IL [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="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd84ed3-afb3"] Biography [/single_tab][single_tab title="Units - Education - Awards - Flight Info" tab_id="5ac61011-2c93-49145-8fd84ed3-afb3"] Units Assigned 7/1957 commissioned through the Air Force ROTC [...]

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Kenney, Richard F.

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Richard F. Kenney Preferred Name: Dick Nickname/Call Sign: Date of Birth: March 2, 1920 (December 11, 2014) Highest Military Grade Held: Hometown: San Diego, CA [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="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd85dcb-a115"] Biography Richard was born in 1920, was from San Diego, had completed 2 years of college.  He enlisted

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