8 November 1967– Capt Charlie Neel, flying as Misty 22 remembers, “Bud Day was the first of us to get downed; I, with Guy Gruters, was second.” 
Charlie was stationed with the 416TFS out of Phu Cat AB, Vietnam, flying F-100F #563764. His aircraft was hit by gunfire while on a mission over SVN to assist troops in combat. Charlie ejected and was rescued uninjured.
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