Box 55
Container
Contains 44 Collections and/or Records:
Congratulations letter from Secretary of the Air Force, Sheila Widnall on Bridges' retirement from the United States Air Force, 1996
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 3
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1996
The Distinguished Service Medal Certificate and Citation presented on Bridges' retirement from the United States Air Force, 1996
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1996
Citation for the David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award for the Centralized Request For Proposal Support Team, Certificate and Honorary Membership Certificate, May 3, 1996
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, FIle 5, Item 5
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
May 3, 1996
Skeen, J. Edwards' air show attracts 200,000. The Antelope Valley Daily Press, A1-A2, October 19, 1992
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 10
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
October 19, 1992
Letter from Colonel Bob Raggio (later Lt. General Raggio) regarding his attendance at Bridges' change of command as AFFTC Commander, August 26, 1991
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 11
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
August 26, 1991
"Where Desert Meets the Sky," Los Angeles Times, July 28, 1991
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 13
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
July 28, 1991
Various congratulations notes and letters on assuming command at AFFTC, 1991
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 14
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1991
Letter to friends and family and launch invitation to witness Space Shuttle Launch, STS 51F, includes STS 51F patch, 1985
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 15
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1985
Various news articles on Desert Storm, 1991
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 16
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 16
Scope and Contents
Per Bridges, "My wife, Benita, served as a Red Cross volunteer during Desert Storm and met every flight from the war zone with wounded coming into Andrews AFB MD which was the central receiving hospital."
Dates:
1991
Air Force creates new command, integrates AFSC, AFLC in 1992, Capital Flyer, January 11, 1991
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 17
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 17
Scope and Contents
Note: "Bridges served on the committee that planned the organization for the new command while assigned to Andrews AFB MD, January 1990-Aug 1991."
Dates:
January 11, 1991
Letter thanking the Bridges for their letter of congratulations on making Brigadier General from Bridges' good friend and Air Force Research Pilot School (ARPS) classmate, Fred Fiedler, January 28, 1989
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 18
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
January 28, 1989
Expansion of 6510th Test Wing to increase AFFTC's efficiency, Desert Wings, March 17, 1989
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 19
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 19
Scope and Contents
Note: "Bridges was the Wing Commander and led the reorganization on behalf of Major General Schoeppner who was the AFFTC Commander."
Dates:
March 17, 1989
Letter to Benita Bridges from Barbara Diefenbach with regard to the death of her husband, David, in an aircraft accident at Edwards AFB CA, during the time that Bridges was attending ARPS, July 9, 1971
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 20
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 20
Scope and Contents
Per Bridges, "We were next-door neighbors, and David was an instructor at ARPS. This was very tragic for all concerned. It was one of seven memorial services (program enclosed) that we attended during my first tour at Edwards AFB, 1970-75."
Dates:
July 9, 1971
Graduation Certificate from the National Defense University's National Security Management Course as an Outstanding Graduate , August 4, 1987
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 21
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 21
Scope and Contents
Per Bridges, "This completed the requirement for "War College" required of all senior officers who wanted to ever be promoted again. I completed it by correspondence since I was assigned to Astronaut Duty during the time that I would have normally attended in residence."
Dates:
August 4, 1987
Summer, H. Looking back at Tet. Washington Times, p. F-3, January 29, 1988
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 25
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 25
Scope and Contents
Per Bridges, "I arrived in Vietnam early in January 1968 and flew a lot of combat missions in support of Army and Marine ground forces during Tet."
Dates:
January 29, 1988
Article announcing that Bridges' Shuttle Commander, Colonel Gordon Fullerton was leaving the Astronaut Corps, newspaper and date unknown., undated
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 26
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
undated
A humorous presentation of the AFFTC budget while Bridges was the 6510th Test Wing Commander, 1988
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 27
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 27
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1988
Humorous proclamation from Public Affairs Office on Bridges' departure as the Eastern Space and Missile Center Commander, January 1990
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 28
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 28
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
January 1990
Draft Promotion Party Invitation and guest list for Bridges' Brigadier General Select party on , January 16, 1990
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 30
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
January 16, 1990
Orders for Bridges to move to Andrews AFB, January 10, 1990
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 31
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 31
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
January 10, 1990
Map of Cape Canaveral Air Force Station launch complexes, 1990
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 32
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 32
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1990
Invitation, program and photographs for a farewell dinner for AFSC Commander, General Randolph and his wife who were visiting Patrick AFB, undated
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 33
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 33
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
undated
Humorous going away letter on Bridges' departure from Patrick AFB as the Eastern Space Missile Commander, 1990
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 34
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
Includes various items from throughout Bridges' career. They have been retained in their original binders and order within each. Some of the items include photographs and speaking notes for a variety of activities during assignments after returning to the Air Force from NASA; letters of appointment, applications, certificates, awards, Purdue Honorary Doctorate Album and various mementos and articles from throughout Bridges' career.
Dates:
1990
"It's Still Fun," Airman , undated
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 36
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 36
Scope and Contents
Bridges was the 6510th Test Wing Commander at the time.
Dates:
undated
Letter from Bob Walsh, NASA JSC , October 5, 1987
Item — Box: 55, Folder: 3, Item: 38
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 4, Sub-Series 2, Sub-Group 6, File 5, Item 38
Scope and Contents
"Updating Bridges on things that had happened in his world of managing the Crew Flight Data File (FDF) since Bridges left NASA. Per Bridges, "I was once the Astronaut Office FDF representative responsible for coordinating all changes of the many FDF books with the crews and getting their concurrence."
Dates:
October 5, 1987