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