Much has been written about the war – who won, who lost; whether we should have been there at all. We tried to stop the supplies coming south; we supported our troops on the ground; we fought with and for our South Vietnamese allies. We did it day and night in all kinds of weather. We dodged missiles and MiGs and AAA and operated with our hands often tied by senseless restrictions and bombing halts. Some of us suffered as POWs. Some of us didn’t return at all leaving wives and families as the detritus of war. One thing we can all say for sure – from those of us who were there – WE TRIED OUR BEST – GOD BLESS those who didn’t return. GOD BLESS their families and GOD BLESS AMERICA – we few, we happy few, we band of brothers – from the Super Sabre Society
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