Joseph William Kittinger II (July 27, 1928 – December 9, 2022) was an officer in the United States Air Force (USAF) who served from 1950 to 1978, and earned...

surname Kittinger: Joseph Kittinger (1928-2022), United States Air Force pilot, set parachute and balloon records for altitude Jo Kittinger (born 1955)...

successful space dives (above 100 km) have been completed to date. In 1959 Joseph Kittinger accomplished a jump from 74,700 feet (22.8 km); he then set a long-standing...

Project Excelsior was a series of parachute jumps made by Joseph Kittinger of the United States Air Force in 1959 and 1960 from helium balloons in the...

record for the highest-altitude jump, set in 1960 by USAF Colonel Joseph Kittinger, who was Baumgartner's mentor and capsule communicator at mission control...

seconds shorter than the record set during mentor Joseph Kittinger's jump on 16 August 1960. Kittinger was also his radio contact during the jump. Two years...

Space diving Yevgeni Andreyev Felix Baumgartner Charles "Nish" Bruce Joseph Kittinger Nick Piantanida Cheryl Stearns Steve Truglia Olav Zipser Victor Prather...

the longest genuine free fall record. During the late 1950s, Captain Joseph Kittinger of the United States was assigned to the Aerospace Medical Research...

Representative (R-TX). Joe Kernan, US Navy pilot, former governor of Indiana. Joseph Kittinger, USAF pilot, record-breaking parachutist. William P. Lawrence, US Navy...

1960, Colonel Joseph Kittinger performed the first high-altitude jump at 19.5 miles (31.4 km) above the Earth's surface. Kittinger's friend and United...

Kerr (two awards) John Kerry Jonny Kim Robert Kingston (two awards) Joseph Kittinger (two awards) Charles C. Krulak Chris Kyle Henry Louis Larsen (three...

free-fall jump was Joseph Kittinger. However, Andreyev did not break the record for highest parachute jump, also held by Kittinger, but that jump was...

basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Premier League Joseph Kittinger, former United States Air Force officer KJ-52 (born 1975), Christian...

flights include three records set for highest skydive: the first set by Joseph Kittinger in 1960 at 31,300 m (31.3 km) for Project Excelsior followed by Felix...

4 minutes 18 seconds, the second longest freefall after the 1960 jump of Joseph Kittinger for 4 minutes 36 seconds. In October 2014, Alan Eustace, a senior vice...

resulting in a jumper being towed behind the aircraft. On August 16, 1960, Joseph Kittinger, in the Excelsior III test jump, set the previous world record for...

II and the Vietnam War. Joe Kernan, USN pilot, Governor of Indiana Joseph Kittinger, USAF pilot, prior high altitude research pilot who executed a record...

successful solo balloon crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by Colonel Joseph Kittinger. This flight is memorialized at the Rosie O'Grady Balloon of Peace...

to make the selection committee accept him. USAF Capt. (later Col.) Joseph Kittinger, a USAF fighter pilot and stratosphere balloonist, met all the requirements...

pressure suit failure during flight and training exercises. In 1960, Joseph Kittinger experienced localised ebullism during a 31 kilometres (19 mi) ascent...

unofficial record, which Piantanida was also trying to break, was held by Joseph Kittinger of the U.S.) Piantanida took a job driving trucks in order to give...

Mac Jones – New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Joseph Kittinger – United States Air Force pilot, performed the record highest and fastest...

near Kennedy, Nebraska. 1957-06-02: 29.4997 km (96,784 ft); Captain Joseph W. Kittinger (U.S. Air Force) ascended in the Project Manhigh 1 gondola to a record-breaking...

Larry Kirkwood, former member of the Florida House of Representatives Joseph Kittinger, colonel, U.S. Air Force; USAF fighter pilot known for his high-altitude...

of the United States Air Force's Project Manhigh, Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger sets a new world balloon altitude record of 29,500 meters (96,800 feet)...

died during altitude record breaking balloon ascent in 1927. Captain Joseph Kittinger, USAF: seven DFCs, served three tours in Vietnam and holder of the...

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been successful, he still would not have exceeded the record set by Joseph Kittinger for the highest-altitude parachute jump in history (31,300 metres (102...

music video for the track. The video pieces together stock footage of Joseph Kittinger's high-altitude parachute jumps for Project Excelsior and stock footage...

Commanders Current commander Lt Col Eric Kitaif Notable commanders Joseph Kittinger David L. Goldfein Insignia 555th Fighter Squadron emblem 555th Tactical...