Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. DEDICATION OF VANDENBERG AFB

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...

White, Thomas D. (Thomas Dresser), 1901-1965

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Thomas Dresser White (b. Aug. 6, 1901, Walker, Minn.-d. Dec. 22, 1965), U.S. Air Force officer, received his commission in the infantry in 1920. He studied the Chinese language in China from 1927 to 1931, and served as assistant military attaché for air in Moscow and Rome from 1934 to 1937 and military attaché in Brazil from 1940 to 1942. During World War II he served as assistant chief of staff, then chief of staff, 3rd Air Force; assistant chief of staff for intelligence at Army Air Force HQ; ...

Power, Thomas S. (Thomas Sarsfield), 1905-

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Air Force officer. From the description of Reminiscences of Thomas S. Power : oral history, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122619630 Thomas Sarsfield Power (1905-1970 was an American military officer who served as both Vice-Commander and Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Air Command. Born on June 18, 1905 in New York City, he graduated from Barnard School for Boys and entered the Air Corps flying school in 1928, receiving his commission as a second lieut...

Wade, David, 1911-1990

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David Wade biography (b. 1911, Minden, La.; d. May 11, 1990) reached the rank of lieutenant general and assumed command of SAC's Second Air Force, Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana on August 1, 1963. He later took command of the Eighth Air Force on August 1, 1966. He retired from Air Force service on March 1, 1967. From the description of Wade, David, 1911-1990 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10597518 ...

MacCloskey, Monro 1902-1983

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Monro MacCloskey (b. 1902, Fort Worden, Wash.-d. Jan. 29, 1983), U.S. Air Force officer, graduated from West Point in 1924, resigned his commission, and joined the Air Corps in the National Guard. He was recalled to active duty in 1941, and the following year transferred to Army Headquarters in the European Theater of Operations for duty regarding the invasion of North Africa and organization of the 12th Air Force. In 1943 he became a member of the joint planning staff of the Mediterranean Air C...

Schriever, Bernard A., 1917-2005

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General Bernard Adolph Schriever (1910-2005) was born in Bremen, Germany, in 1910. Schriever is known for overseeing the U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program, which ushered the Pentagon and U.S. government into the space age. From the description of Schriever, Bernard A. (Bernard Adolph), 1910-2005 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10581689 ...

Irvine, Clarence S. (Clarence Shortridge), 1898-1975

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Grussendorf, Richard (Richard A.), 1906-1999

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Richard A. Grussendorf (b. 1906, Fergus Falls, Minn.-d. March 22, 1999), U.S. Air Force officer, began his military career as an aviation cadet and was commissioned in the Army Air Corps in 1930. In 1940 he served as operations officer, 4th Composite Group in the Philippines, until appointed Military Attaché for Air at the American Embassy in Chungking, China. During the invasion of Hong Kong, he was imprisoned by the Japanese for some months. In early 1945 he was chief of the Personnel Division...