Box 71
Container
Contains 13 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
Photographs, 1965 - 2010
Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7
Scope and Contents
The earliest Air Force photographs feature Bridges in Cadet Wing Staff uniform, training class group photographs, and photographs from Vietnam and Commando Sabre Operation (Misty), Phu Cat Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, 1968. Also found in this series is a photo album which was presented to Bridges in July 1975 by Test Operations on his departure from Edwards Air Force Base, California. It contains photographs of colleagues with inscriptions to Bridges. Other photographs from Bridges' Air Force...
Dates:
1965 - 2010
Air Force, 1965 - 1993
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
A scope note is provided at the sub-group level.
Dates:
1965 - 1993
Deputy Chief of Staff, Test and Resources, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, January 1990 - August 1991
Sub-Group — Box: 71
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5
Scope and Contents
Please note that box 71 contains two sub-groups. The first set of photographs are from Bridges' time as Deputy Chief of Staff, Test and Resources, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; going away ceremony - Director of Test and Resources for Edwards AFB CA and Legion of Merit Presentation by General Yates, 1991
Dates:
January 1990 - August 1991
Air Force, Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, August 30, 1991 - June 19, 1993
Sub-Group — Box: 71
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6
Scope and Contents
The main content of this sub-subseries is a photograph of General Bridges in uniform, photos from his trip to the French Air Force Test Facilities in 1992, and Major General Grouvalle’s visit to USAF Test Facilities, and a photograph of Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, taken during his visit to Edwards AFB.
Dates:
August 30, 1991 - June 19, 1993
Going Away and Legion of Merit, presentation by General Yates, Commander Air Force Systems Command , August 1991
File — Box: 71, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 1
Scope and Contents
Includes 50, 5" x 7" photographs.
Dates:
August 1991
Per Bridges, "Leaving AFMC HQ/Director of Test and Resources for Edwards AFB CA to become Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center" , August 1991
File — Box: 71, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 5, File 2
Scope and Contents
Includes 52, 5" x 7" photographs.
Dates:
August 1991
General Bridges in uniform, September 1991
File — Box: 71, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The main content of this sub-subseries is a photograph of General Bridges in uniform, photos from his trip to the French Air Force Test Facilities in 1992, and Major General Grouvalle’s visit to USAF Test Facilities, and a photograph of Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, taken during his visit to Edwards AFB.
Dates:
September 1991
Photographs and Itinerary, visit to French Air Force Test Facilities , 1992
File — Box: 71, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 2
Scope and Contents
Includes 35, 3 ½" x 5" photographs.
Dates:
1992
Photographs, visit to French Air Force Test Facilities, 1992
File — Box: 71, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 3
Scope and Contents
Includes 33, 5" x 7" and 16, 6" x 8 ½" photographs.
Dates:
1992
Photographs and note, Major General Grouvalle's visit to USAF Test Facilities, Edwards AFB , 1992
File — Box: 71, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 4
Scope and Contents
Includes four, 3 ¾" x 5" photographs.
Dates:
1992
Brigadier General Bridges welcomes Colonel Fred Gregory and STS-44 Crew , December 1, 1991
File — Box: 71, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 5
Scope and Contents
Per Bridges, "Atlantis landed early at Edwards AFB after on-orbit failure of one of three orbiter inertial measurement units." Includes eight, 8" x 10" photographs.
Dates:
December 1, 1991
Brigadier General Chuck Yeager, visit to Edwards AFB , 1991
File — Box: 71, Folder: 8
Identifier: MSA 6, Series 7, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 6, File 6
Scope and Contents
Includes one, 8" x 10" photograph.
Dates:
1991