Academy air biography force general officers

# Name Photo Date of spot Position Yrs^[3]Commission YC^[5]Notes 1Henry H. Arnold

19 Mar 1943   1 1907 (USMA)36(1886–1950) Promoted to General of the Horde, 21 Dec 1944; to General have the Air Force, 7 May 1949. 2Joseph T. McNarney

7 Mar 1945  

• Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean/Commanding Prevailing, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Legions (DSACMED/CG MTOUSA), 1944–1945.^[7]
• Commanding General, U.S. Strengthening European Theater/Military Governor of the U.S. Occupation Zone in Germany (CG USFET/USMILGOV), 1945–1947.^[7]
• Senior Member, United Nations Military Cudgel Committee, 1947.^[7]
• Commanding General, Air Materiel Right lane (CG AMC), 1947–1949.
• Chairman, Department of Fend for Management Committee, 1949–1952.

7 1915 (USMA)30(1893–1972) 3George C. Kenney

9 Mar 1945  

• Commanding General, Allied Air Forces, South Westward Pacific Area (CG AAFSWPA), 1942–1945.^[7]
• Member, Martial Staff Committee of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1945–1946.^[7]
• Commanding General, Strategic Relay Command (CG SAC), 1946–1948.
• Commander, Air Institute, 1948–1951.

6 1917 (cadet)28(1889–1977) 4Carl A. Spaatz

11 Mar 1945  

• Commanding General, U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe (CG USSAFE), 1944–1945.^[7]
• Commanding General, U.S. Strategic Channel Forces in the Pacific (CG USASTAF), 1945.^[7]
• Deputy to the Commanding General, Legions Air Forces for Special Organizational Intention, 1945–1946.^[7][8]
• Commanding General, Army Air Forces (CG AAF), 1946–1947.^[7]
• Chief of Staff, U.S. Bleakness Force (CSAF), 1947–1948.

3 1914 (USMA)31(1891–1974) 5Hoyt S. Vandenberg

1 Oct 1947   6 1923 (USMA)24(1899–1954) Director of Central Cleverness, 1946–1947. Nephew of U.S. SenatorArthur Whirl. Vandenberg; son married daughter of Gully Force four-star general Leon W. Writer. 6Muir S. Fairchild

27 May 1948   2 1918 (cadet)30(1894–1950) Died in prayer. 7Nathan F. Twining

10 Oct 1950   10 1918 (USMA)32(1897–1982) Brother of Nautical Corps four-star generalMerrill B. Twining. 8John K. Cannon

29 Oct 1951   3 1917 (direct)34(1892–1955) 9Benjamin W. Chidlaw

29 Round up 1951   4 1922 (USMA)29(1900–1977) 10Curtis E. LeMay

29 Oct 1951  

• Commanding General, Strategic Air Command (CG SAC), 1948–1953.
• Commander, Strategic Air Command (COMSAC), 1953–1955.
• Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command (CINCSAC), 1955–1957.
• Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Twisted Force (VCSAF), 1957–1961.
• Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (CSAF), 1961–1965.

14 1929 (cadet)22(1906–1990) American Independent Party nominee for U.S. Vice president, 1968. 11Lauris Norstad5 Jul 1952  

• Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (CINCUSAFE), 1951.
• Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces interior Europe/Commander in Chief, Allied Air Buttress in Central Europe (CINCUSAFE/CINCAIRCENT), 1951–1953.
• Air Replacement to Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (Air Deputy SHAPE), 1953–1956.
• Supreme Allied Commander, Europe/Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (SACEUR/USCINCEUR), 1956–1962.
• Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR), 1962–1963.

11 1930 (USMA)22(1907–1988) 12Otto P. Weyland

5 Jul 1952   7 1923 (Texas A&M)29(1902–1979) 13Thomas D. White

30 Jun 1953   8 1920 (USMA)33(1902–1965) 14Edwin W. Rawlings

19 Feb 1954   5 1930 (cadet)24(1904–1997) 15Earle E. Partridge

19 Feb 1954  

• Commanding General, Far East Air Bolster (CG FEAF), 1954–1955.
• Commander in Chief, Transcontinental Air Defense Command/Commander, Air Defense Request (CINCONAD/COMADC), 1955–1956.
• Commander in Chief, Continental Insincere Defense Command (CINCONAD), 1956–1957.
• Commander in Leading, North American Air Defense Command/Commander stop in midsentence Chief, Continental Air Defense Command (CINCNORAD/CINCONAD), 1957–1959.

5 1924 (USMA)30(1900–1990) 16Orval R. Cook

1 Apr 1954   2 1922 (USMA)32(1898–1980) 17Laurence S. Kuter

29 May 1955   7 1927 (USMA)28(1905–1979)^[9] U.S. Representative taking place the International Civil Aviation Organization, 1946–1948. 18Thomas S. Power

30 Jun 1957   7 1929 (cadet)28(1905–1970) 19Frank F. Everest

1 Jul 1957   4 1928 (USMA)29(1904–1983) 20Leon W. Johnson

31 Aug 1957   8 1926 (USMA)31(1904–1997)^[10] Awarded Medal emancipation Honor, 1943. Daughter married son a variety of Air Force four-star general Hoyt Unfeeling. Vandenberg. 21Charles P. Cabell

11 Jul 1958^[11]4 1925 (USMA)33(1903–1971) Distant cousin of Argosy four-star admiralRichard H. Jackson. 22Samuel Liken. Anderson

10 Mar 1959   4 1928 (USMA)31(1906–1982) 23Emmett O'Donnell Jr.

31 Jul 1959   4 1928 (USMA)31(1906–1971) 24Frederic Swirl. Smith Jr.

1 Aug 1959   3 1929 (USMA)30(1908–1980) Son-in-law of Navy five-star admiralErnest J. King. 25Truman H. Landon

28 Jun 1961   2 1928 (USMA)33(1905–1986) 26William F. McKee

29 Jun 1961   3 1929 (USMA)32(1906–1987) Assistant Administrator agreeable Management and Development, National Aeronautics soar Space Administration, 1964–1965; Administrator, Federal Travel Agency, 1965–1968. 27Walter C. Sweeney Jr.

30 Jun 1961   4 1930 (USMA)31(1909–1965) 28Bernard A. Schriever

1 Jul 1961   5 1931 (Texas A&M)30(1910–2005) 29John Adolescent. Gerhart

29 Jun 1962   3 1929 (cadet)33(1907–1981) 30Dean C. Strother

30 Jun 1962   4 1931 (USMA)31(1908–2000) 31Mark Fix. Bradley Jr.

1 Jul 1962   3 1930 (USMA)32(1907–1999) 32John P. McConnell

1 Top up 1962   7 1932 (USMA)30(1908–1986) 33Robert M. Lee

4 Jun 1963   3 1931 (USMA)32(1909–2003) 34Jacob E. Smart

5 Jun 1963   3 1931 (USMA)32(1909–2006) Proffer Administrator for Policy/DoD and Interagency Tale, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967–1973. 35Joe W. Kelly

6 Jun 1963   1 1932 (USMA)31(1910–1979) 36Gabriel P. Disosway

1 Aug 1963   5 1933 (USMA)30(1910–2001) 37Hunter Harris Jr.

18 Jul 1964   3 1932 (USMA)32(1909–1987) 38Howell M. Estes II

19 Jul 1964   5 1936 (USMA)28(1914–2007) Father of Air Force four-star general Howell M. Estes III. 39John D. Ryan

1 Dec 1964  

• Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command/Director, Vein furrow Strategic Target Planning Staff (CINCSAC), 1964–1967.
• Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces (CINCPACAF), 1967–1968.
• Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Satisfactory Force (VCSAF), 1968–1969.
• Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (CSAF), 1969–1973.

9 1938 (USMA)26(1915–1983) Father of Air Force four-star communal Michael E. Ryan. 40William H. Blanchard

19 Feb 1965   1 1938 (USMA)27(1916–1966) Died in office. 41Kenneth B. Hobson

31 Jul 1965   2 1932 (USMA)33(1908–1979) 42Bruce K. Holloway

1 Aug 1965   7 1937 (USMA)28(1912–1999) 43William S. Stone

28 Jul 1966   2 1934 (USMA)32(1910–1968) Died in office. Superintendent, U.S. Wretchedness Force Academy, 1959–1962. 44Raymond J. Reeves

29 Jul 1966   3 1934 (USMA)32(1909–1998) 45James Ferguson

30 Jul 1966   4 1937 (cadet)29(1913–2000) 46David A. Burchinal

31 Jul 1966   7 1940 (cadet)26(1915–1990) 47Maurice A. Preston

1 Aug 1966   2 1937 (USMA)29(1912–1983) 48Joseph J. Nazzaro

1 Feb 1967   4 1936 (USMA)31(1913–1990) 49Thomas P. Gerrity

1 Aug 1967   1 1940 (cadet)27(1913–1968) Died in office. 50William W. Momyer

13 Dec 1967   6 1939 (cadet)28(1916–2012) 51Jack G. Merrell

29 Unhappy 1968   4 1939 (USMA)29(1915–1993) 52Horace M. Wade

31 Jul 1968   5 1938 (cadet)30(1916–2001) 53George S. Brown

1 Aug 1968   10 1941 (USMA)27(1918–1978) 54Joseph R. Holzapple

1 Feb 1969   2 1941 (cadet)28(1914–1973) 55Seth J. McKee

30 Jul 1969   4 1939 (cadet)30(1916–2016) 56John C. Meyer

31 Jul 1969   5 1940 (cadet)29(1919–1975) 57Jack J. Catton

1 Aug 1969   5 1941 (cadet)28(1920–1990) 58Lucius D. Clay Jr.

1 Sep 1970  

• Commander, Seventh Air Force, 1970–1971.
• Commander the same Chief, Pacific Air Forces (CINCPACAF), 1971–1973.
• Commander in Chief, North American Air Redoubt Command/Commander in Chief, Continental Air Answer Command/Commander, Aerospace Defense Command (CINCNORAD/CINCONAD/COMADC), 1973–1975.
• Commander in Chief, North American Air Defend Command/Commander in Chief, Continental Air Buffer Command/Commander in Chief, Aerospace Defense Chance (CINCNORAD/CINCONAD/CINCAD), 1975.

5 1942 (USMA)28(1919–1994) Son be unable to find Army four-star generalLucius D. Clay; grandson of U.S. SenatorAlexander S. Clay. 59Theodore R. Milton

31 Jul 1971   3 1940 (USMA)31(1915–2010) 60John D. Lavelle

1 Aug 1971   1 1940 (cadet)31(1916–1979)^[12] Projecting, 1972. 61David C. Jones

1 Sep 1971  

• Commander in Chief, U.S. Resolve Forces in Europe (CINCUSAFE), 1971–1974.
• Commander rotation Chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe/Commander, Allied Air Forces Central Europe (CINCUSAFE/COMAAFCE), 1974.
• Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Functioning (CSAF), 1974–1978.
• Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Pikestaff (CJCS), 1978–1982.

11 1943 (cadet)28(1921–2013) 62John Helpless. Vogt Jr.

7 Apr 1972   3 1942 (cadet)30(1920–2010) 63Russell E. Dougherty

1 Haw 1972   5 1943 (cadet)29(1920–2007) Office Director, Air Force Association, 1980–1986. Father-in-law of Air Force four-star general Patriarch W. Ralston. *George B. Simler

16 Aug 1972   0 1942 (cadet)30(1921–1972)^[14]64Paul Minor. Carlton

9 Oct 1972   5 1942 (cadet)30(1921–2009) 65George J. Eade

18 Apr 1973   2 1942 (cadet)31(1921–2018) 66Samuel Catchword. Phillips

1 Aug 1973   2 1942 (ROTC)31(1921–1990) Director, National Security Agency, 1972–1973. 67Richard H. Ellis

30 Sep 1973   8 1942 (cadet)31(1919–1989) U.S. Commissioner sue the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Standing Consultative Commission, 1982–1989. 68Robert J. Dixon

1 Oct 1973   5 1942 (RCAF)31(1920–2003)^[15]69Timothy F. O'Keefe

8 Augment 1973   1 1940 (cadet)33(1919–1984) 70Louis L. Wilson Jr.

1 Jul 1974   3 1943 (USMA)31(1919–2010) 71Louis T. Seith

1 Aug 1974   3 1943 (USMA)31(1921–2007) 72William V. McBride

1 Sep 1974   4 1942 (cadet)32(1922–2022) 73William J. Evans

30 Aug 1975   3 1946 (USMA)29(1924–2000) 74F. Michael Rogers

1 Sep 1975   3 1943 (cadet)32(1921–2014) 75Daniel James Jr.

1 Sep 1975   3 1943 (cadet)32(1920–1978) First African-American to achieve four-star argue in any service. 76Robert E. Huyser

1 Sep 1975   6 1944 (cadet)31(1924–1997) U.S. Special Envoy to Iran, 1979. 77John W. Roberts

29 Mar 1977   2 1944 (cadet)33(1921–1999) 78William G. Comedian Jr.

1 Apr 1977   2 1941 (cadet)36(1920–2012) 79Lew Allen Jr.

31 Jul 1977   5 1946 (USMA)31(1925–2010) Director, Governmental Security Agency, 1973–1977; Director, Jet Motive power Laboratory, 1982–1990. 80James R. Allen

1 Aug 1977   6 1948 (USMA)29(1925–1992) Overseer, U.S. Air Force Academy, 1974–1977. 81James E. Hill

21 Dec 1977   2 1943 (cadet)34(1921–1999) 82Bryce Poe II

2 Feb 1978   3 1946 (USMA)32(1924–2000) 83Alton D. Slay

1 Apr 1978   3 1944 (cadet)34(1924–2015) 84Wilbur L. Creech

1 Possibly will 1978   6 1949 (cadet)29(1927–2003) 85James A. Hill

10 Jul 1978   2 1944 (cadet)34(1923–2010) 86John W. Pauly

1 Aug 1978   2 1945 (USMA)33(1923–2013) 87Bennie L. Davis

1 Apr 1979   6 1950 (USMA)29(1928–2012) 88William Y. Smith

1 Jul 1979   4 1948 (USMA)31(1925–2016) 89Robert C. Mathis

1 Mar 1980   2 1948 (USMA)32(1927–2016) 90Richard L. Lawson

1 Jul 1980   6 1951 (ARNG)29(1929–2020)^[16]91Charles Neat. Gabriel

1 Aug 1980   6 1950 (USMA)30(1928–2003) 92Robert T. Marsh

1 Feb 1981   3 1949 (USMA)32(1925–2017) 93Thomas Lot. Ryan Jr.

31 Jul 1981   4 1950 (cadet)31(1928–2024) 94James P. Mullins

1 Aug 1981   3 1949 (cadet)32(born 1928) 95James V. Hartinger

1 Oct 1981   3 1949 (USMA)32(1925–2000) 96Jerome F. O'Malley

1 Jun 1982   3 1953 (USMA)29(1932–1985) Died in office. 97Billy M. Minter

1 Jul 1982   2 1949 (cadet)33(1926–2005) 98Andrew P. Iosue

1 Jul 1983   3 1951 (AFROTC)32(born 1927) 99James Family. Dalton

1 Aug 1983   2 1954 (USMA)29(1930–2024) 100Lawrence A. Skantze

6 Oct 1983   4 1952 (USNA)31(1928–2018) 101Larry Return. Welch

1 Aug 1984   6 1953 (cadet)31(born 1934) President, Institute for Defence Analyses, 1990–2003, 2006–2009. 102Robert T. Herres

1 Aug 1984  

• Commander in Sizeable, North American Aerospace Defense Command/Commander, Announce Force Space Command (CINCNORAD/COMAFSPC), 1984–1985.
• Commander blackhead Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command/Commander, Mood Force Space Command (CINCNORAD/USCINCSPACE/COMAFSPC), 1985–1986.
• Commander bolster Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command/Commander in Chief, U.S. Space Command (CINCNORAD/USCINCSPACE), 1986–1987.
• Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Baton (VJCS), 1987–1990.

6 1954 (USNA)30(1932–2008) 103Robert Unguarded. Bazley

1 Nov 1984   2 1945 (cadet)29(1925–2012) 104Charles L. Donnelly Jr.

1 Nov 1984   3 1952 (cadet)32(1929–1994) Chairman of the board Director, Air Force Association, 1988–1989. 105Earl T. O'Loughlin