10 February 1970 – 1Lt J. Vance Phillips was serving with the 612 TFS/35th TFW out of Phan Rang AB, Vietnam. On the tenth of February 1970, he was on a mission looking for landing zone preparation when his aircraft was hit in the fuselage. Phillips ejected and was recovered suffering only minor injuries.
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