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Box 14

 Container

Contains 7 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

Test Wing Reorganization Proposal, 1989

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 22
Scope and Contents Per Bridges, "This notebook contains the proposal which was eventually accepted to combine the Maintenance and Engineering Groups with the 6510th Test Wing at Edwards AFB, CA, which had previously only consisted of the aircrews along with the Test Pilot School and the Test Group at Hill AFB Utah. I led the reorganization and it was completed before the end of my tour at Edwards as the Wing Commander."
Dates: 1989

Letter from Major General Schoeppner, Commander AFFTC, to HQ AFSC/DR, Reorganization of the 6510 Test Wing. Also a study to merge the Test Wing and Test Group is enclosed which was preliminary and recommended against the consolidation, February 1989

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 23
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: February 1989

Test Wing Implementation Plan Briefing, March 9, 1989 and a letter to the organizations requesting help in preparing the Implementation Plan , February 21, 1989

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 24
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: February 21, 1989

Correspondence, 1986 - 1988

 File — Box: 14, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 2, Sub-Series 4, File 25
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 - 1988

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