22 January 1969 – Maj John Grathwol “Misty 88” was serving with the 355 TFS out of Phu Cat AB, Vietnam when he and Capt C.A. Clarke took off in F-100F #563886 on a recce mission over Laos. Their aircraft was hit by aimed automatic weapons as they climbed away from the target. Both ejected and were recovered by a USAF Helo.
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