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Major General (Retired) with the U. S. Air Force. He flew B-47’s. He occasionally briefed President Nixon. Upon graduation in 1948, and pilot training in Texas and Louisiana, he was assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona as a B-50 aircraft commander. In July 1954, after completing triple-rated training as a navigator-bombardier-radar operator, he was again assigned to the 43d Bombardment Wing, this time as a B-47 aircraft commander, according to his biography posted on an Air Force Web site. He was transferred in 1962 to the Directorate of Plans, Headquarters, Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. In 1965, he assumed the position of chief, Space Branch, Future Systems Division, and earned a master’s degree from the University of Omaha during that time. He graduated from the National War College in June 1967. Two years later, he was assigned as executive officer to the chief of staff, U. S. Air Force. In January 1971, he became chief of staff, 7th Air Force, in the republic of Vietnam, where he flew 25 combt missions in the F-4 Phantom jet, with 83 combat support missions. In May 1974, he returned to Air Force headquarters in Washington, D. C., as director of operations in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, and in August 1975, he assumed duty as the assistant deputy chief of staff, Plans and Operations. His awards and commendations were many, and certain lines from his resume stand out, such as a description of his responsibilities as commander of the 14th Aerospace Force, Aerospace Defense Command: “Commanded all USAF missile and space warning systems ... Controlled an annual operating budget of over $80 millions.” From July 1976 to July 1977, his resume indicates he was “responsible for U. S. Air Force Plans and Operations on world-wide basis.” [2] |
1926 - 2008 (82 years)
