Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF STRATOSPHERE FLIGHT, ELLSWORTH AFB AND RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA

Kepner, William E., 1893-1982

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William E. Kepner was a United States Army colonel, 1st Air Support Command; brigadier-general, 4th Tactical Air Command; and a major-general with the 4th Air Force, 8th Fighter Command, 2nd Air Division and 8th Air Force. From the description of William E. Kepner papers, 10 January 1975. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 47135092 William E. Kepner (b. 1893, Miami, Indiana-d. July 3, 1982), Lieutenant General in the U.S. Air Force, served in the Marine Corps...

Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

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Lyle, Lewis E., 1916-2008

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Lewis E. Lyle, also known as Lew Lyle, (b. June 22, 1916, Pine Bluff, Ark.-d. April 6, 2008, Garland County, Ark.), U.S. Air Force, officer, began his military career in 1938 when commissioned in the Infantry Reserve after graduating from college. Full-time active duty began in 1940, and he graduated from flying school in 1941. Assigned to the European Theater from 1942 to 1945, he flew sixty-nine combat missions in B-17s. In 1954 he became chief of staff, 5th Air Division, followed by assignmen...

Ryan, John D. (John Dale), 1915-1983

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John Dale Ryan (1915-1983) was the Seventh Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. He was born in Cherokee, Iowa, where he graduated from Cherokee Junior College before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He graduated from West Point in 1938, and attended flight schools at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, receiving his pilot''s wings in 1939. During the early years of World War II, he served as a flight instructor and in training roles at Kelly Field and ...