Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. GEN HOYT S. VANDENBERG AND STAFF

Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954

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Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a United States Air Force general. He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence. Vandenberg was born at Milwaukee, Wis., in 1899. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy June 12, 1923, and commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Service. He graduated from the Air Service Flying School at Brooks Field, Texas, in February 1924, and from the Air Service Advanced F...

McKee, William F. (William Fulton), 1906-1987

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William Fulton McKee (1906-1987) was born in Chilhowie, Virginia. He received his commission in the Coast Artillery Corps from West Point in 1929 and later advanced to the rank of brigadier general in February 1945. His positions in the U.S. Air Force include Vice Commander of the Air Materiel Command from 1952 to 1961, Commander of Air Force Logistics in 1961 and 1962, and Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force from 1962 until his retirement in July 1964. From the description of ...

Craig, Howard A. (Howard Arnold), 1897-1977

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Howard Arnold Craig, also known as Pinky Craig, (b. December 22, 1897, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-d. September 14, 1977, El Paso, Texas) was an early Army aviator and, later, a general in the United States Army Air Forces and U.S. Air Force. He enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal Corps’ Aviation Section in November 1917, continuing in Army service throughout the interwar years. Craig went to Washington, D.C., in May 1940, as Assistant to the Chief of the Plans Division, Office of the Chief of the A...

Rawlings, Edwin W.

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Edwards, Idwal H. (Idwal Hubert), 1895-1981

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Idwal Edwards : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122362010 Idwal Hubert Edwards (1895-1981) was born in Freedom, New York, and enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1917. In February, 1918, he was transferred to the Air Corps. He received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in Infantry Reserve on August 15, 1917, and received his regular commission as a Second Lieutenan...

Boatner, Bryant L. (Bryant Lemaire), 1907-1986

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Boatner transferred to the Special Projects Branch of the Production Engineering Section in July 1941, and became chief of the branch in October 1942. He retained that position when the branch was redesignated the Aircraft Modification Section. In July 1943, he became assistant chief of the Production Division, serving until February 1944, when he was appointed assistant chief of the Inspection Division. Two months later he became chief of that division. In September 1944, Boatner became chief o...