SSS Member Jack “The Ripper” Cook. 8 June 1929 – 22 December 2019 Headed West. Jack flew the F-100C with the 127th TFS the Kansas Air National Guard, McConnell AFB, Wichita, KS from 1967-1971 and was activated in July 1968 during the Pueblo Crisis. During his service, he flew F-100 missions from Kunsan, South Korea, and Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam. Jack’s awards include the Distinguished Flying Cross and multiple Air Medals.
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