Box 12
Container
Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:
AWC Paper - Challenger Mishap Research Notes , 1987
File — Box: 12, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 10
Scope and Contents
Contains research notes for the paper described above, (folder two of two).
Dates:
1987
Class A Accident, F-16 #301 , December 1987
File — Box: 12, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 11
Scope and Contents
Includes notes and information regarding this hard landing accident while Bridges was the Test Wing Commander at Edwards AFB CA.
Dates:
December 1987
Pamphlet, The Key Partner, Air Force Family Matters, (AFP 30-34), Department of the Air Force, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, DC, June 14, 1985
File — Box: 12, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After serving with NASA, Bridges became Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, where he served from May 1986 to March 1989. This sub-series is comprised of brochures, correspondence, guides, and pamphlets. Also contained in this sub-series are working files while Bridges was Commander; "STAN/EVAL Inspections," - information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, "6510 TW Reorg," - briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of...
Dates:
June 14, 1985
Space Shuttle Landing Guide (blue cover with Space Shuttle patch), Edwards AFB CA, used by Bridges as 6510th Test Wing Commander, Edwards AFB CA, to support Shuttle landings, 1986 - 1989
File — Box: 12, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 2
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After serving with NASA, Bridges became Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, where he served from May 1986 to March 1989. This sub-series is comprised of brochures, correspondence, guides, and pamphlets. Also contained in this sub-series are working files while Bridges was Commander; "STAN/EVAL Inspections," - information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, "6510 TW Reorg," - briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of...
Dates:
1986 - 1989
Military: BIO’s and Official Photos, contains a bio when Bridges was the Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB CA, and several official photos, circa 1980s
File — Box: 12, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After serving with NASA, Bridges became Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, where he served from May 1986 to March 1989. This sub-series is comprised of brochures, correspondence, guides, and pamphlets. Also contained in this sub-series are working files while Bridges was Commander; "STAN/EVAL Inspections," - information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, "6510 TW Reorg," - briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of...
Dates:
circa 1980s
Brochure, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1987
File — Box: 12, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After serving with NASA, Bridges became Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, where he served from May 1986 to March 1989. This sub-series is comprised of brochures, correspondence, guides, and pamphlets. Also contained in this sub-series are working files while Bridges was Commander; "STAN/EVAL Inspections," - information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, "6510 TW Reorg," - briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of...
Dates:
1987
Safety - T-38A, 87-05-22, 22 May 87 accident: Mid-air collision of a T-38 with a light aircraft, which killed 4 people, May 1987
File — Box: 12, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After serving with NASA, Bridges became Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, where he served from May 1986 to March 1989. This sub-series is comprised of brochures, correspondence, guides, and pamphlets. Also contained in this sub-series are working files while Bridges was Commander; "STAN/EVAL Inspections," - information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, "6510 TW Reorg," - briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of...
Dates:
May 1987
STAN/EVAL Inspections, Information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, 1987 - 1988
File — Box: 12, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 6
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After serving with NASA, Bridges became Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, where he served from May 1986 to March 1989. This sub-series is comprised of brochures, correspondence, guides, and pamphlets. Also contained in this sub-series are working files while Bridges was Commander; "STAN/EVAL Inspections," - information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, "6510 TW Reorg," - briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of...
Dates:
1987 - 1988
FAR '87 Field Assessment Review, 1988
File — Box: 12, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 7
Scope and Contents
Note: per Bridges, "which I prepared and briefed to the AFMC Commander (CC) and Vice Commander (CV), General Randolph and Lieutenant General Armstrong, on August 4, 1988 while assigned as the 6510th Test Wing Commander. Basically Wing Commanders had one audience per year with the 4-star Commander so this was a major briefing to showcase the command."
Dates:
1988
FAR '87 Field Assessment Review, is the same as the above presented a year earlier, 1988
File — Box: 12, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
After serving with NASA, Bridges became Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, where he served from May 1986 to March 1989. This sub-series is comprised of brochures, correspondence, guides, and pamphlets. Also contained in this sub-series are working files while Bridges was Commander; "STAN/EVAL Inspections," - information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, "6510 TW Reorg," - briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of...
Dates:
1988
Air War College Paper, ‘Challenger Mishap' , July 1987
File — Box: 12, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 9
Scope and Contents
Contains the paper that Bridges authored and submitted as part of the curriculum requirements for the National Defense University correspondence course as well as a letter of recognition from Lt. General Hosmer, President of the National Defense University (folder one of two).
Dates:
July 1987
Air Force Career, 1964 - 1996
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2
Scope and Contents
Major General Bridges' Air Force Career spanned thirty-one years. The nine sub-series follow his career path; F-100 pilot, 416th Tactical Fighter Squadron and Commando Sabre Operation (Misty), Phu Cat Air Base, Republic of Vietnam; Test Pilot, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California; Astronaut Application Process and Selection; Commander, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California; Commander, Eastern Space and Missile Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida;...
Dates:
1964 - 1996
Commander, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1980 - 1993
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
After serving with NASA, Bridges became Commander of the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, California, where he served from May 1986 to March 1989. This sub-series is comprised of brochures, correspondence, guides, and pamphlets. Also contained in this sub-series are working files while Bridges was Commander; "STAN/EVAL Inspections," - information on the inspections in 1987 and 1988 while Bridges was the Wing Commander, "6510 TW Reorg," - briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of...
Dates:
1980 - 1993