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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. was born in Kansas City on September 9, 1933, and joined the United States Air Force in 1953 at the age of 20. In 1961, the Kennedy administration selected Captain Dwight Jr. as the first African American astronaut trainee at the Experimental Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base near Lancaster. He was one of fifteen pilots selected for the aerospace school, which provided classroom instruction and flight training in space simulators and high performance jets. He served in the Air Force from 1953 until 1966. Photograph caption dated April 1, 1963 reads, "Capt. Dwight near one of the 104's which he trains in." The '104' from the caption refers to the Lockheed F-104 Super Starfighter.; See images #00123874 to #00123876 for all photos in this series.
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Dwight, Edward,--Jr.,--1933- Astronauts--United States Astronauts--Training Supersonic planes Starfighter (Fighter plane) Men--California--Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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