18 December 1968 – 1Lt Harry W Roberts was forced to eject from F-100C #541931 after encountering small arms fire while en route to his target in Southeast Asia. Roberts was rescued by an Army helo. Roberts was serving with the 136th TFS out of Tuy Hoa AB in Vietnam.
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