Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. VIP ARRIVAL - GENERAL RUEGG AND GENERAL ESTES, UDORN RTAFB, THAILAND
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Estes, Howell M. (Howell Marion), 1914-
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Howell Marion Estes, Jr. (b. 1914, Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.-d. July 2, 2007), General in the U.S. Air Force, graduated from West Point in 1936 and completed pilot training in 1940. During World War II, he was director of training at the Brooks Field Advanced Flying School and commanded two Army Air Bases in Texas. At the end of the War, he became chief of the Plans and Policy Branch, Operations Division, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and later assistant chief of staff for plans. During the Korean War, ...
Ruegg, Robert G. (Robert George), 1914-
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Robert George Ruegg was born in Gresham, Oregon, in 1914. He attended elementary and high schools in Nampa, Idaho. He graduated from Oregon State College with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1939, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Field Artillery Reserve, having been a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps. He entered Flying School in August, 1939, and received his pilot wings and an appointment as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Reserve in May, 1940. ...
