Roy D. Bridges Jr.
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Roy Dubard Bridges Jr. is an American pilot, engineer, retired United States Air Force officer, test pilot, former NASA astronaut and the former director of NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center and Langley Research Center. As a command pilot, he has over 4,460 flying hours, and is a decorated veteran of 262 combat missions during the Vietnam War. He retired as a U.S. Air Force major general, last serving as the Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, from June 1993 until his retirement. He is married with two adult children.
1943
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Roy Bridges Jr., Roy Dubard Bridges Jr.
Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, honorary doctor of Purdue University, Legionnaire of Legion of Merit, NASA Astronaut Group 9, United States,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | spaceflight | 1985 | STS-51-F | human spaceflight | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Roy D Bridges | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-0492 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-1842 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Official portrait of Roy D. Bridges Jr., director of Kennedy Space Center KSC-03PP-1925 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | KSC00pp1583 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-0492 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Roy D. Bridges, Jr. - 1997 - KSC-97PC-1842 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Official portrait of Roy D. Bridges Jr., director of Kennedy Space Center KSC-03PP-1925 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | 51F-06-013 - STS-51F - 51F crew activities - DPLA - aaedd363b67166171e19fcbb26d568a0 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Nasa-9 | Commons | ||







