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Box 46

 Container

Contains 2 Collections and/or Records:

Northrop Corporation, envelope with image; First Flight U.S.A.F. A-9A, addressed to Capt. R. Bridges, AFFTC, Weapons Delivery Pilot…, May 30, 1972

 Item — Box: 46, Folder: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 2, File 1, Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Group: This sub-group consists of photographs, certificates, and clippings from Bridges' time as a test pilot. The last 2/3rds of the binder contains clippings dealing with various aircraft, including Fairchild's A-10, A-7, Northrop A-9A, A-10A, A-7D, and fly-offs, circa 1972-1977.After returning from Vietnam, Bridges was assigned as an instructor pilot with the 3575th Pilot Training Squadron at Vance AFB, Oklahoma, from January 1969 to July 1970. He then attended Test Pilot School at...
Dates: May 30, 1972

Test pilot, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1972 - 1987

 Sub-Group — Box: 46, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 2, File 1
Scope and Contents This sub-group consists of photographs, certificates, and clippings from Bridges' time as a test pilot. The last 2/3rds of the binder contains clippings dealing with various aircraft, including Fairchild's A-10, A-7, Northrop A-9A, A-10A, A-7D, and fly-offs, circa 1972-1977.After returning from Vietnam, Bridges was assigned as an instructor pilot with the 3575th Pilot Training Squadron at Vance AFB, Oklahoma, from January 1969 to July 1970. He then attended Test Pilot School at...
Dates: 1972 - 1987