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    Airframe Family: North American X-10
    Latest Model:X-10
    Last Military Serial:GM19307 USAF
    Compressed ID:NA X-10 sn GM19307 USAF
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a X-10.

    May 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n GM19307.

    May 1953

    Transferred to Edwards AFB, CA.
    Taken on strength at Edwards.

    14 October 1953

    First flight.

    From 1953 to 1957

    Tested flight characteristics and guidance, navigation and control systems for the planned SM-64 Navaho. Although accidents destroyed several X-10s, the test program proved to be successful. One X-10 flew at Mach 2.05, a remarkable achievement for the time. (NMUSAF).

    1957

    The Navaho program was cancelled as Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) technology matured. The remaining X-10s were used to support the XB-70 program and as targets for Surface-to-Air Missiles (SAMs) then in development. The museums X-10 is the only one still in existence. (NMUSAF).

    1957

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    17 October 1970

    Based at National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    19 September 1987


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Wikipedia
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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