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Box 13

 Container

Contains 13 Collections and/or Records:

Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6
Scope and Contents The Roy D. Bridges Jr. papers document the extensive Air Force and NASA career of Roy D. Bridges Jr.The papers include but are not limited to, artifacts, audio visual material, awards, books, briefs and records, certificates, clippings, clothing, correspondence, diaries, documents, flight logs, flight checklists and data files, along with Bridges' pilot kneeboard notes, medals, mementos, papers, photographs, scrapbooks, textbooks, research papers, and working paper...
Dates: 1950 - 2013

"6510 TW Reorg" , 1988

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 12
Scope and Contents This folder contains a briefing and a memo on the reorganization and renaming of the 6510th Test Wing while Bridges was the Commander.
Dates: 1988

Safety: Policy, briefings, memos and speaking notes for the 6510th Test Wing while Bridges was Commander, 1988

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

"F-15E LANTIRN Manual TF Eval" , 1988

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 14
Scope and Contents Note: Per Bridges, "Approval folder used to approve a hazardous test mission or series of missions used as an example for the briefing enclosed in the previous folder regarding Command and Control of the Test Wing."
Dates: 1988

Air Force Flight Test Center, Space Shuttle Landing Operations and Support Plan, August 1988

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 15
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: August 1988

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

Edwards Air Force Base Lakebed Runway Testing Program , Summer 1988

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 17
Scope and Contents Note per Bridges, "There had been concerns about the safety of the runways for shuttle landings in particular."
Dates: Summer 1988

Speaking notes for Back in the Saddle Day, Edwards AFB CA while Bridges was the Wing Commander, January 6, 1989

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 18
Scope and Contents Note per Bridges, "Back in the Saddle Day was typically one of the first work days of the new year and was used as a down day for training air crews. It always begins as a meeting at the Officer’s Club for all aircrews, which is where this presentation was made."
Dates: January 6, 1989

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

Largest reorganization in 38 years: Expansion of 6510th Test Wing to increase AFFTC’s efficiency. Desert Wings, Volume 41, No. 1, p. 1., March 17, 1989

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 20
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: March 17, 1989

Test Issues, 1988 - 1993

 File — Box: 13, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 21
Scope and Contents Includes various briefings, memos and articles on the subject of conducting Air Force test operations efficiently and safely.
Dates: 1988 - 1993

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