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Box 13

 Container

Contains 4 Collections and/or Records:

Photograph of Edwards AFB test and support aircraft, "Test Capabilities and Facilities," and "Range Capabilities Handbook" , 1988

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 16
Scope and Contents 1988 time frame when Bridges was the 6510 Test Wing Commander.
Dates: 1988

Brochure and flag flown on the F-117A in celebration of the 1989 Collier Trophy Award to the Lockheed/Air Force F-117A Development Team and articles about the F-117A and a "goodbye" card found with material, 1989

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 19
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: 1989

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