Vogt, John W., 1920-....

John W. Vogt (b. 1920), U.S. Air Force officer, entered the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in 1941 after graduating from university. He received his commission and pilot wings the following year. In early 1943 he served as flight commander, 63rd Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group, and in 1944 he became commander, 360th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group. He participated in the Air Offensive, Europe and Rhineland campaigns and the Normandy Invasion. During the 1950s he was assigned to the Office of the Joint Chiefs working with National Security Council affairs, and became assistant deputy for plans and operations, Far East Air Forces HQ in Japan. In the 1960s General Vogt functioned as the Air Force planner in the Joint Chiefs of Staff; became the director, policy planning staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs; and for three years served as deputy for plans and operations, Pacific Air Forces, participating in the plans for the Air Campaign against North Vietnam. He assumed duty as commander, 7th Air Force, and deputy commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam in 1972, responsible for air operations in Southeast Asia for the last 18 months of U.S. combat activity. He became commander in chief, Pacific Air Forces, in 1973, and assumed command of the Allied Air Forces Central Europe and U.S. Air Forces in Europe in 1974. He retired in 1975.