Box 48
Container
Contains 9 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
"Bogus" Early Bird newsletter articles regarding Bridges' reassignment from Edwards Air Force Base to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, June 1993
Item — Box: 48, Folder: 1, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 1, Item 7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Comprised pf various photographs, programs from events, and articles during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Many of the photographs are from change of command ceremony. One binder consists solely of congratulatory notes and letters on Bridges' selection for Major General in 1992.
Dates:
June 1993
Benita Bridges' speaking notes for her presentation at Command Conference, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, 1992
Item — Box: 48, Folder: 1, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 1, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Comprised pf various photographs, programs from events, and articles during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Many of the photographs are from change of command ceremony. One binder consists solely of congratulatory notes and letters on Bridges' selection for Major General in 1992.
Dates:
1992
Newspaper articles on decision to blow up in place some poison gas bombs on the Air Force Test Pilot School (AFFTC) bombing range during Bridges' tenure as Commander, October 10, 1992
Item — Box: 48, Folder: 1, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 1, Item 20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Comprised pf various photographs, programs from events, and articles during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Many of the photographs are from change of command ceremony. One binder consists solely of congratulatory notes and letters on Bridges' selection for Major General in 1992.
Dates:
October 10, 1992
Newspaper articles on the loss of three helicopter crewmembers at AFFTC, 1992
Item — Box: 48, Folder: 1, Item: 23
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 1, Item 23
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Comprised pf various photographs, programs from events, and articles during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Many of the photographs are from change of command ceremony. One binder consists solely of congratulatory notes and letters on Bridges' selection for Major General in 1992.
Dates:
1992
Program for the Maintenance Awards, Edwards AFB, February 8,1992
Item — Box: 48, Folder: 1, Item: 24
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 1, Item 24
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Comprised pf various photographs, programs from events, and articles during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Many of the photographs are from change of command ceremony. One binder consists solely of congratulatory notes and letters on Bridges' selection for Major General in 1992.
Dates:
February 8,1992
Desert Wings, "1992 - The Year in Pictures," Edwards Air Force Base, 1992
Item — Box: 48, Folder: 1, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 1, Item 25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Comprised pf various photographs, programs from events, and articles during Bridges' tour as the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California. Many of the photographs are from change of command ceremony. One binder consists solely of congratulatory notes and letters on Bridges' selection for Major General in 1992.
Dates:
1992
Notification of appointment to the Grade of Major General, from Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington, DC to AFFTC Edwards Air Force Base, CA, April 1992
Item — Box: 48, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 2, Item 1
Scope and Contents
Small, white three-ring binder, containing congratulatory notes and letters on Bridges' selection for Major General.
Dates:
April 1992
Career Scrapbooks, 1950 - 2009
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4
Scope and Contents
The career scrapbooks consist of thirty-one three-ring binders that Bridges put together throughout his Air Force and NASA careers. There is a wealth of material that is contained in the binders. Some of the items are: applications, appraisals, certificates, correspondence and letters of congratulations, notification of appointments, speaking notes, and other various notes, emails, cards and miscellaneous items from his retirement. The binders also include photographs from...
Dates:
1950 - 2009