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href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">lieutenant generals</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> before 1960, including those appointed in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> or <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">United States Army Air Corps</a> before the Air Force was established in 1947. The grade of lieutenant general (or three-star general) is ordinarily the second-highest in the peacetime Air Force, ranking above <a href="/wiki/Major_general_(United_States)" title="Major general (United States)">major general</a> and below <a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">general</a>. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_U.S._Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_before_1960">List of U.S. Air Force lieutenant generals before 1960</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of U.S. Air Force lieutenant generals before 1960">edit</a>]</div> The following list of lieutenant generals includes all officers of the United States Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, and United States Army Air Corps who were appointed to that rank prior to January 1, 1960.<a href="#cite_note-names-1">[1]</a> Entries are indexed by the numerical order in which each officer was appointed to that rank while on active duty, or by an asterisk (*) if the officer did not serve in that rank while on active duty. Each entry lists the officer's name, date of rank,<a href="#cite_note-dateofrank-2">[2]</a> date the officer vacated the active-duty rank,<a href="#cite_note-datevacated-3">[3]</a> number of years on active duty as lieutenant general (Yrs),<a href="#cite_note-numberofyears-4">[4]</a> positions held as lieutenant general, and other biographical notes.<a href="#cite_note-bionotes-5">[5]</a> Italics denote active duty as lieutenant general while on the retired list. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style>The list is sortable by active-duty appointment order, last name, date of rank, date vacated, and number of years on active duty as lieutenant general. <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th> </th> <th width="145">Name </th> <th width="75" class="unsortable">Photo </th> <th width="85">Date of rank<a href="#cite_note-dateofrank-2">[2]</a> </th> <th width="85">Date vacated<a href="#cite_note-datevacated-3">[3]</a> </th> <th width="20">Yrs<a href="#cite_note-numberofyears-4">[4]</a> </th> <th class="unsortable">Position </th> <th width="125" class="unsortable">Notes<a href="#cite_note-bionotes-5">[5]</a> </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delos_C._Emmons" class="mw-redirect" title="Delos C. Emmons">Delos C. Emmons</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Delos_Emmons.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Delos_Emmons.gif/75px-Delos_Emmons.gif" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Delos_Emmons.gif/113px-Delos_Emmons.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Delos_Emmons.gif/150px-Delos_Emmons.gif 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="450" /></a> </td> <td align="right">25 Oct 1940   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1948   </td> <td align="right">8   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">General Headquarters Air Force</a>, 1940–1941.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Air Force Combat Command</a>, 1941.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawaiian Department">Hawaiian Department</a>, 1941–1943.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Western_Defense_Command" title="Western Defense Command">Western Defense Command</a>, 1943–1944.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaskan Department">Alaskan Department</a>, 1944–1946.</li> <li>Commandant, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Forces_Staff_College" title="Joint Forces Staff College">Armed Forces Staff College</a>, 1946–1948.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1888–1965)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-emmons-7">[7]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Maxwell_Andrews" title="Frank Maxwell Andrews">Frank M. Andrews</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:FMApic2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/FMApic2.jpg/75px-FMApic2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/FMApic2.jpg/113px-FMApic2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/FMApic2.jpg/150px-FMApic2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="951" data-file-height="1125" /></a> </td> <td align="right">19 Sep 1941   </td> <td align="right">3 May 1943   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Department" title="Panama Canal Department">Panama Canal Department</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Caribbean Defense Command</a>, 1941–1942.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Forces_in_the_Middle_East" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East">U.S. Army Forces in the Middle East</a>, 1942–1943.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/European_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="European Theater of Operations">European Theater of Operations, U.S. Army</a>, 1943.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1884–1943)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-andrews-8">[8]</a> Died in office. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Henry_H._Arnold" title="Henry H. Arnold">Henry H. Arnold</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Henry_H._Arnold_1947.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Henry_H._Arnold_1947.jpg/75px-Henry_H._Arnold_1947.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Henry_H._Arnold_1947.jpg/113px-Henry_H._Arnold_1947.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Henry_H._Arnold_1947.jpg/150px-Henry_H._Arnold_1947.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1719" data-file-height="2007" /></a> </td> <td align="right">15 Dec 1941   </td> <td align="right">19 Mar 1943   </td> <td align="right">1   </td> <td> <ul><li>Additional Chief of Staff for Air, 1941–1942.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a>, 1942–1946.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1886–1950)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 19 Mar 1943; to <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">general of the Army</a>, 21 Dec 1944; to <a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Air_Force" title="General of the Air Force">general of the Air Force</a>, 7 May 1949. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_Brett_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Brett (military)">George H. Brett</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:George_H._Brett.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/George_H._Brett.jpg/75px-George_H._Brett.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/George_H._Brett.jpg/113px-George_H._Brett.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/George_H._Brett.jpg/150px-George_H._Brett.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1467" data-file-height="1863" /></a> </td> <td align="right">7 Jan 1942   1 May 1945   </td> <td align="right">30 Apr 1945   10 May 1946   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Deputy Commander, <a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">American-British-Dutch-Australian Command</a>/Commanding General, <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Forces_in_Australia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Army Forces in Australia (page does not exist)">U.S. Army Forces in Australia</a>, 1942.</li> <li>Deputy Commander, <a href="/wiki/American-British-Dutch-Australian_Command" title="American-British-Dutch-Australian Command">American-British-Dutch-Australian Command</a>, 1942.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Forces_in_Australia&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Army Forces in Australia (page does not exist)">U.S. Army Forces in Australia</a>, 1942.</li> <li>Commanding General, Allied Air Forces, <a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_Area" title="South West Pacific Area">South West Pacific Area</a>, 1942.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Caribbean Defense Command</a>, 1942–1943.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Department" title="Panama Canal Department">Panama Canal Department</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Caribbean Defense Command</a>, 1943–1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Department" title="Panama Canal Department">Panama Canal Department</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Southern_Command" title="United States Southern Command">Caribbean Defense Command</a>, 1945.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1886–1963)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-brett-9">[9]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_S._Knudsen" title="William S. Knudsen">William S. Knudsen</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:William_S_Knudsen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/William_S_Knudsen.jpg/75px-William_S_Knudsen.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/William_S_Knudsen.jpg/113px-William_S_Knudsen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/William_S_Knudsen.jpg/150px-William_S_Knudsen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3913" data-file-height="5396" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 Jan 1942   </td> <td align="right">1 Jun 1945   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Director of Production, Office of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">Under Secretary of War</a>, 1942–1944.</li> <li>Director, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Logistics_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Logistics Command">Army Air Forces Materiel and Services</a>, 1944.</li> <li>Director, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Logistics_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Logistics Command">Air Technical Service Command</a>, 1944–1945.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1879–1948) Resigned. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">6</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_T._McNarney" title="Joseph T. McNarney">Joseph T. McNarney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Joseph_T_McNarney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Joseph_T_McNarney.jpg/75px-Joseph_T_McNarney.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Joseph_T_McNarney.jpg/113px-Joseph_T_McNarney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Joseph_T_McNarney.jpg/150px-Joseph_T_McNarney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="776" /></a> </td> <td align="right">15 Jun 1942   </td> <td align="right">7 Mar 1945   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Army" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army">Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Army</a>, 1942–1944.</li> <li>Deputy <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean</a>/Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Theater_of_Operations" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean Theater of Operations">Mediterranean Theater of Operations, U.S. Army</a>, 1944–1945.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1893–1972)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 7 Mar 1945. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">7</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_C._Kenney" class="mw-redirect" title="George C. Kenney">George C. Kenney</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._Gen._George_C._Kenney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Lt._Gen._George_C._Kenney.jpg/75px-Lt._Gen._George_C._Kenney.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Lt._Gen._George_C._Kenney.jpg/113px-Lt._Gen._George_C._Kenney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Lt._Gen._George_C._Kenney.jpg/150px-Lt._Gen._George_C._Kenney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="563" data-file-height="796" /></a> </td> <td align="right">15 Oct 1942   </td> <td align="right">9 Mar 1945   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, Allied Air Forces, <a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_Area" title="South West Pacific Area">South West Pacific Area</a>, 1942.</li> <li>Commanding General, Allied Air Forces, <a href="/wiki/South_West_Pacific_Area" title="South West Pacific Area">South West Pacific Area</a>/<a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1942–1944.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">Far East Air Forces</a>, 1944–1945.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1889–1977)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 9 Mar 1945. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Millard_Harmon" title="Millard Harmon">Millard F. Harmon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Millard_Fillmore_Harmon_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Millard_Fillmore_Harmon_Jr.jpg/75px-Millard_Fillmore_Harmon_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Millard_Fillmore_Harmon_Jr.jpg/113px-Millard_Fillmore_Harmon_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Millard_Fillmore_Harmon_Jr.jpg/150px-Millard_Fillmore_Harmon_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a> </td> <td align="right">2 Feb 1943   </td> <td align="right">27 Feb 1946   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Army_Forces_in_the_South_Pacific_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area (page does not exist)">U.S. Army Forces in the South Pacific Area</a>, 1942–1944.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces_in_the_Central_Pacific_Area" title="United States Army Air Forces in the Central Pacific Area">U.S. Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas</a>/Deputy Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a>, 1944–1946.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1888–1946)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> Died in office. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">9</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carl_Andrew_Spaatz" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Andrew Spaatz">Carl A. Spaatz</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Spaatz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carl_Spaatz.jpg/75px-Carl_Spaatz.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carl_Spaatz.jpg/113px-Carl_Spaatz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Carl_Spaatz.jpg/150px-Carl_Spaatz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="800" /></a> </td> <td align="right">12 Mar 1943   </td> <td align="right">11 Mar 1945   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>, 1942–1943.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a>, 1943–1944.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_Europe" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe</a>, 1944–1945.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1891–1974)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 11 Mar 1945. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barton_K._Yount" class="mw-redirect" title="Barton K. Yount">Barton K. Yount</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Barton_Kyle_Yount.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Barton_Kyle_Yount.jpg/75px-Barton_Kyle_Yount.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Barton_Kyle_Yount.jpg/113px-Barton_Kyle_Yount.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Barton_Kyle_Yount.jpg/150px-Barton_Kyle_Yount.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="628" /></a> </td> <td align="right">13 Sep 1943   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1946   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Command" title="Air Training Command">Army Air Forces Training Command</a>, 1943–1946.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1884–1949)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-disability-10">[10]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">11</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira C. Eaker</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg/75px-Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg/113px-Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg/150px-Portrait_of_USAF_Lt_Gen_Ira_C._Eaker.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="2100" /></a> </td> <td align="right">13 Sep 1943   </td> <td align="right">30 Aug 1947   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, 1942–1943.</li> <li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Allied_Air_Forces" title="Mediterranean Allied Air Forces">Mediterranean Allied Air Forces</a>, 1943–1945.</li> <li>Deputy Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a>/Chief, <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a>, 1945–1947.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1896–1987)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-jun29-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-eaker-12">[12]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a> on the retired list, 26 Apr 1985. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">12</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_H._Doolittle" class="mw-redirect" title="James H. Doolittle">James H. Doolittle</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._General_James_Doolittle,_head_and_shoulders.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg/75px-Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg/113px-Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg/150px-Lt._General_James_Doolittle%2C_head_and_shoulders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2490" data-file-height="3254" /></a> </td> <td align="right">13 Mar 1944   20 Aug 1955   16 Apr 1956   31 Jan 1957   14 Apr 1957   </td> <td align="right">22 Jul 1946   3 Sep 1955   14 Jun 1956   14 Feb 1957   20 Apr 1957   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, 1944–1945.</li> <li>Special Assistant to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command</a>, 1955.</li> <li>Special Assistant to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command</a>, 1956.</li> <li>Special Assistant to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command</a>, 1957.</li> <li>Special Assistant to the <a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Strategic_Air_Command" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command">Commander in Chief, Strategic Air Command</a>, 1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1896–1993)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-doolittle-13">[13]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a> on the retired list, 4 Apr 1985. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">13</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lewis_H._Brereton" title="Lewis H. Brereton">Lewis H. Brereton</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:General_Brereton.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/General_Brereton.jpg/75px-General_Brereton.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/General_Brereton.jpg/113px-General_Brereton.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/General_Brereton.jpg/150px-General_Brereton.jpg 2x" data-file-width="974" data-file-height="1214" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 Apr 1944   </td> <td align="right">1 Sep 1948   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a>, 1943–1944.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/First_Allied_Airborne_Army" title="First Allied Airborne Army">First Allied Airborne Army</a>, 1944–1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Third_Air_Force" title="Third Air Force">Third Air Force</a>, 1945–1946.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/First_Air_Force" title="First Air Force">First Air Force</a>, 1946.</li> <li>Member, Joint Chiefs of Staff Evaluation Board, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War" title="United States Department of War">Office of the Secretary of War</a>, 1946–1947.</li> <li>Chairman, Military Liaison Committee, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission" title="United States Atomic Energy Commission">Atomic Energy Commission</a>, 1947–1948.</li> <li>Secretary General, Air Board, 1948.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1890–1967)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barney_M._Giles" title="Barney M. Giles">Barney M. Giles</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Barney_M._Giles.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Lt_Gen_Barney_M._Giles.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Barney_M._Giles.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Lt_Gen_Barney_M._Giles.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Barney_M._Giles.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Lt_Gen_Barney_M._Giles.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Barney_M._Giles.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2073" data-file-height="4081" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 Apr 1944   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1946   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Chief, <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a>, 1943–1944.</li> <li>Deputy Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a>/Chief, <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a>, 1944–1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/w/index.php?title=U.S._Army_Air_Forces_in_the_Pacific_Ocean_Area&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="U.S. Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean Area (page does not exist)">U.S. Army Air Forces in the Pacific Ocean Area</a>/Deputy Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_the_Pacific" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific">U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific</a>, 1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_the_Pacific" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific">U.S. Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific</a>, 1945–1946.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1892–1984)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-disability-10">[10]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">15</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Harold_L._George" title="Harold L. George">Harold L. George</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Harold_L._George.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Harold_L._George.jpg/75px-Harold_L._George.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Harold_L._George.jpg/113px-Harold_L._George.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Harold_L._George.jpg/150px-Harold_L._George.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2172" data-file-height="2706" /></a> </td> <td align="right">16 Mar 1945   1 Mar 1955   </td> <td align="right">30 Dec 1946   4 Nov 1955   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Command_(United_States_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)">Air Transport Command</a>, 1942–1946.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Transport_Command_(United_States_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Transport Command (United States Air Force)">Air Transport Command</a>/Director of Information, <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a>, 1946.</li> <li>Senior Army Air Forces Representative, <a href="/wiki/Military_Staff_Committee" title="Military Staff Committee">Military Staff Committee</a>, United Nations/Director of Information, <a href="/wiki/Army_Air_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a>, 1946.</li> <li>Special Consultant to <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1955.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1893–1986)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a><a href="#cite_note-jun29-11">[11]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">16</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_K._Cannon" title="John K. Cannon">John K. Cannon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:John_K_Cannon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/John_K_Cannon.jpg/75px-John_K_Cannon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/John_K_Cannon.jpg/113px-John_K_Cannon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/John_K_Cannon.jpg/150px-John_K_Cannon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2136" data-file-height="2579" /></a> </td> <td align="right">17 Mar 1945   </td> <td align="right">29 Oct 1951   </td> <td align="right">7   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean_Allied_Air_Forces" title="Mediterranean Allied Air Forces">Mediterranean Allied Air Forces</a>/Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Air_Force" title="Twelfth Air Force">Twelfth Air Force</a>, 1945.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Strategic_Air_Forces_in_Europe" title="United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Strategic Air Forces in Europe</a>, 1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a>, 1945–1946.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Command" title="Air Training Command">Air Training Command</a>, 1946–1948.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a>, 1948–1950.</li> <li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a>, 1950–1951.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1892–1955)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 29 Oct 1951. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">17</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hoyt_S._Vandenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoyt S. Vandenberg">Hoyt S. Vandenberg</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Hoyt_Vandenberg,_bw_photo_portrait,_covered.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hoyt_Vandenberg%2C_bw_photo_portrait%2C_covered.jpg/75px-Hoyt_Vandenberg%2C_bw_photo_portrait%2C_covered.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hoyt_Vandenberg%2C_bw_photo_portrait%2C_covered.jpg/113px-Hoyt_Vandenberg%2C_bw_photo_portrait%2C_covered.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Hoyt_Vandenberg%2C_bw_photo_portrait%2C_covered.jpg/150px-Hoyt_Vandenberg%2C_bw_photo_portrait%2C_covered.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2596" data-file-height="3300" /></a> </td> <td align="right">17 Mar 1945   </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1947   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Ninth_Air_Force" title="Ninth Air Force">Ninth Air Force</a>, 1944–1945.</li> <li>Assistant Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a> for Operations, 1945–1946.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Army_Staff_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Army Staff (United States)">Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army</a>, 1946.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_Central_Intelligence" title="Director of Central Intelligence">Director, Central Intelligence Group</a>, 1946–1947.</li> <li>Deputy Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a>/Chief, <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a>, 1947.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1899–1954)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 1 Oct 1947. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">18</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_E._Stratemeyer" title="George E. Stratemeyer">George E. Stratemeyer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:LtGen_George_E._Stratemeyer.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/LtGen_George_E._Stratemeyer.jpg/75px-LtGen_George_E._Stratemeyer.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/LtGen_George_E._Stratemeyer.jpg/113px-LtGen_George_E._Stratemeyer.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/LtGen_George_E._Stratemeyer.jpg/150px-LtGen_George_E._Stratemeyer.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4412" data-file-height="5508" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 May 1945   </td> <td align="right">31 Jan 1952   </td> <td align="right">7   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/South_East_Asia_Command" title="South East Asia Command">Eastern Air Command</a>/U.S. Army Air Forces, <a href="/wiki/China_Burma_India_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="China Burma India Theater">India-Burma Theater</a>, 1944–1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, U.S. Army Air Forces, <a href="/wiki/China_Burma_India_Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="China Burma India Theater">China Theater</a>, 1945–1946.</li> <li>Chief, Selection Branch, Army Air Forces Headquarters, 1946.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, 1946–1948.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a>, 1948–1949.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">Far East Air Forces</a>, 1949–1951.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1890–1969)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">19</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nathan_F._Twining" title="Nathan F. Twining">Nathan F. Twining</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Nathan_F._Twining.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Lt_Gen_Nathan_F._Twining.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Nathan_F._Twining.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Lt_Gen_Nathan_F._Twining.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Nathan_F._Twining.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Lt_Gen_Nathan_F._Twining.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Nathan_F._Twining.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3000" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Jun 1945   </td> <td align="right">10 Oct 1950   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mediterranean_Allied_Strategic_Air_Forces&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Forces (page does not exist)">Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Forces</a>/<a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a>, 1943–1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Air_Force" title="Twentieth Air Force">Twentieth Air Force</a>, 1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Logistics_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Logistics Command">Air Technical Service Command</a>, 1945–1946.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Logistics_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Logistics Command">Air Materiel Command</a>, 1946–1947.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaskan Department">Alaskan Department</a>, 1947.</li> <li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Command" title="Alaskan Command">Alaskan Command</a>, 1947–1950.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1950.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1897–1982)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 10 Oct 1950. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">20</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ennis_Whitehead" title="Ennis Whitehead">Ennis C. Whitehead</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Ennis_Whitehead.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ennis_Whitehead.jpg/75px-Ennis_Whitehead.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ennis_Whitehead.jpg/113px-Ennis_Whitehead.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Ennis_Whitehead.jpg/150px-Ennis_Whitehead.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1487" data-file-height="1844" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Jun 1945   </td> <td align="right">31 Jul 1951   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1944–1945.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">Pacific Air Command, U.S. Army</a>, 1945–1947.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">Far East Air Forces</a>, 1947–1949.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a>, 1949–1950.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a>/<a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, 1950.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, 1950–1951.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1895–1964)<a href="#cite_note-usa-6">[6]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">21</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Idwal_H._Edwards" title="Idwal H. Edwards">Idwal H. Edwards</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:General_Idwal_Edwards.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/General_Idwal_Edwards.jpg/75px-General_Idwal_Edwards.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/General_Idwal_Edwards.jpg/113px-General_Idwal_Edwards.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/General_Idwal_Edwards.jpg/150px-General_Idwal_Edwards.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="308" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1947   </td> <td align="right">23 Feb 1953   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel and Administration, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1947–1948.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1948–1950.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1950–1951.</li> <li>Commandant, <a href="/wiki/Air_University_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Air University (United States Air Force)">Air University</a>, 1951–1953.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1895–1981)<a href="#cite_note-edwards-15">[15]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">22</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Howard_A._Craig&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Howard A. Craig (page does not exist)">Howard A. Craig</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Howard_Craig_USAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Howard_Craig_USAF.jpg/75px-Howard_Craig_USAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Howard_Craig_USAF.jpg/113px-Howard_Craig_USAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Howard_Craig_USAF.jpg/150px-Howard_Craig_USAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1471" data-file-height="1854" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1947   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1955   </td> <td align="right">8   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1947–1949.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General of the United States Air Force">Inspector General, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1949–1950.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General of the United States Air Force">The Inspector General, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1950–1952.</li> <li>Commandant, <a href="/wiki/National_War_College" title="National War College">National War College</a>, 1952–1953.</li> <li>Commandant, <a href="/wiki/National_War_College" title="National War College">National War College</a>/Chairman, <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Defense_Board" title="Inter-American Defense Board">Inter-American Defense Board</a>, 1953–1955.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1897–1977) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">23</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_W._Chidlaw" title="Benjamin W. Chidlaw">Benjamin W. Chidlaw</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Benjamin_W._Chidlaw.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Lt_Gen_Benjamin_W._Chidlaw.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Benjamin_W._Chidlaw.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Lt_Gen_Benjamin_W._Chidlaw.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Benjamin_W._Chidlaw.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Lt_Gen_Benjamin_W._Chidlaw.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Benjamin_W._Chidlaw.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3184" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1947   </td> <td align="right">29 Oct 1951   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Deputy Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Air_Materiel_Command" title="Air Materiel Command">Air Materiel Command</a>, 1947–1949.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Materiel_Command" title="Air Materiel Command">Air Materiel Command</a>, 1949–1951.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1900–1977) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 29 Jul 1951. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">24</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lauris_Norstad" title="Lauris Norstad">Lauris Norstad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Lauris_Norstad_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lt_Gen_Lauris_Norstad_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Lauris_Norstad_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lt_Gen_Lauris_Norstad_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Lauris_Norstad_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lt_Gen_Lauris_Norstad_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Lauris_Norstad_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="962" data-file-height="1183" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1947   </td> <td align="right">5 Jul 1952   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1947–1950.</li> <li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a>, 1951.</li> <li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a>/Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Allied_Air_Forces_Central_Europe" title="Allied Air Forces Central Europe">Allied Air Forces Central Europe</a>, 1951–1953.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1907–1988) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 5 Jul 1952. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">25</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Curtis_E._LeMay" class="mw-redirect" title="Curtis E. LeMay">Curtis E. LeMay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Lt_Gen_Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Lt_Gen_Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Lt_Gen_Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Curtis_E._LeMay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="739" data-file-height="921" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1947   </td> <td align="right">29 Oct 1951   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Research and Development, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1947.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a>, 1947–1948.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>, 1948–1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1990) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 29 Oct 1951. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">26</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elwood_R._Quesada" class="mw-redirect" title="Elwood R. Quesada">Elwood R. Quesada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Quesada_color_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Richard_Quesada_color_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg/75px-Richard_Quesada_color_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Richard_Quesada_color_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg/113px-Richard_Quesada_color_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Richard_Quesada_color_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg/150px-Richard_Quesada_color_photo_portrait_head_and_shoulders.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4200" data-file-height="5436" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1947   </td> <td align="right">31 Oct 1951   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>, 1946–1948.</li> <li>Special Assistant for Reserve Forces, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, 1948–1949.</li> <li>Head, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Technical_Planning_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Technical Planning Committee (page does not exist)">Joint Technical Planning Committee</a>, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1949.</li> <li>Head, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Technical_Planning_Committee&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Technical Planning Committee (page does not exist)">Joint Technical Planning Committee</a>, Joint Chiefs of Staff/Commander, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Joint_Task_Force_3&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joint Task Force 3 (page does not exist)">Joint Task Force 3</a>, 1949–1951.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1904–1993)<a href="#cite_note-quesada-16">[16]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">27</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Edwin_W._Rawlings" title="Edwin W. Rawlings">Edwin W. Rawlings</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Edwin_W._Rawlings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Gen_Edwin_W._Rawlings.jpg/75px-Gen_Edwin_W._Rawlings.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Gen_Edwin_W._Rawlings.jpg/113px-Gen_Edwin_W._Rawlings.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Gen_Edwin_W._Rawlings.jpg/150px-Gen_Edwin_W._Rawlings.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2960" data-file-height="3802" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1947   </td> <td align="right">19 Feb 1954   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Comptroller</a>, 1947–1948.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Comptroller, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1948–1949.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Comptroller, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1949–1951.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Materiel_Command" title="Air Materiel Command">Air Materiel Command</a>, 1951–1959.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1904–1997) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 19 Feb 1954. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">28</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hubert_R._Harmon" title="Hubert R. Harmon">Hubert R. Harmon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lieutenant_General_Hubert_R._Harmon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lieutenant_General_Hubert_R._Harmon.jpg/75px-Lieutenant_General_Hubert_R._Harmon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lieutenant_General_Hubert_R._Harmon.jpg/113px-Lieutenant_General_Hubert_R._Harmon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Lieutenant_General_Hubert_R._Harmon.jpg/150px-Lieutenant_General_Hubert_R._Harmon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1529" data-file-height="1893" /></a> </td> <td align="right">19 Feb 1948   28 Feb 1953   8 Nov 1953   </td> <td align="right">27 Feb 1953   30 Jun 1953   31 Jul 1956   </td> <td align="right">8   </td> <td> <ul><li>Senior Air Force Member, <a href="/wiki/Military_Staff_Committee" title="Military Staff Committee">Military Staff Committee</a>, United Nations, 1947–1948.</li> <li>Senior Air Force Member, <a href="/wiki/Military_Staff_Committee" title="Military Staff Committee">Military Staff Committee</a>, United Nations/U.S. Delegate, <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Defense_Board" title="Inter-American Defense Board">Inter-American Defense Board</a>, 1948–1949.</li> <li>Senior Air Force Member, <a href="/wiki/Military_Staff_Committee" title="Military Staff Committee">Military Staff Committee</a>, United Nations/U.S. Delegate, <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Defense_Board" title="Inter-American Defense Board">Inter-American Defense Board</a>/Special Assistant for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">Air Academy</a> matters, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, 1949–1953.</li> <li>Senior Air Force Member, <a href="/wiki/Military_Staff_Committee" title="Military Staff Committee">Military Staff Committee</a>, United Nations/U.S. Delegate, <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Defense_Board" title="Inter-American Defense Board">Inter-American Defense Board</a>/Special Assistant for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">Air Academy</a> matters, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, 1953.</li> <li>Special Assistant to <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force</a>, for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force_Academy" title="United States Air Force Academy">Air Academy</a> matters, 1953–1954.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Superintendents_of_the_United_States_Air_Force_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Superintendents of the United States Air Force Academy">Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy</a>, 1954–1956.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1892–1957)<a href="#cite_note-hubertharmon-17">[17]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">29</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_B._Wolfe" title="Kenneth B. Wolfe">Kenneth B. Wolfe</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Kenneth_B._Wolfe.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lt_Gen_Kenneth_B._Wolfe.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Kenneth_B._Wolfe.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lt_Gen_Kenneth_B._Wolfe.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Kenneth_B._Wolfe.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Lt_Gen_Kenneth_B._Wolfe.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Kenneth_B._Wolfe.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2274" data-file-height="2806" /></a> </td> <td align="right">16 Sep 1949   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1951   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1949–1951.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1896–1971) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">30</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Ellsworth_Kepner" title="William Ellsworth Kepner">William E. Kepner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Major_General_William_Kepner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Major_General_William_Kepner.jpg/75px-Major_General_William_Kepner.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Major_General_William_Kepner.jpg/113px-Major_General_William_Kepner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Major_General_William_Kepner.jpg/150px-Major_General_William_Kepner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="509" /></a> </td> <td align="right">14 Jun 1950   </td> <td align="right">28 Feb 1953   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Command" title="Alaskan Command">Alaskan Command</a>, 1950–1953.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1893–1982) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">31</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_E._Nugent" title="Richard E. Nugent">Richard E. Nugent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Emmel_Nugent.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_Emmel_Nugent.jpg/75px-Richard_Emmel_Nugent.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_Emmel_Nugent.jpg/113px-Richard_Emmel_Nugent.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_Emmel_Nugent.jpg/150px-Richard_Emmel_Nugent.jpg 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="325" /></a> </td> <td align="right">11 Apr 1951   </td> <td align="right">31 Aug 1951   </td> <td align="right">0   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1950–1951.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1902–1979) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">32</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Earle_E._Partridge" title="Earle E. Partridge">Earle E. Partridge</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Earle_Everard_Partridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Earle_Everard_Partridge.jpg/75px-Earle_Everard_Partridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Earle_Everard_Partridge.jpg/113px-Earle_Everard_Partridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Earle_Everard_Partridge.jpg/150px-Earle_Everard_Partridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1445" /></a> </td> <td align="right">11 Apr 1951   </td> <td align="right">19 Feb 1954   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1948–1951.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Research and Development Command</a>, 1951–1953.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1953–1954.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1900–1990) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 19 Feb 1954. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">33</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Wells_Harper&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Wells Harper (page does not exist)">Robert W. Harper</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Robert_Wells_Harper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Lt_Gen_Robert_Wells_Harper.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Robert_Wells_Harper.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Lt_Gen_Robert_Wells_Harper.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Robert_Wells_Harper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Lt_Gen_Robert_Wells_Harper.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Robert_Wells_Harper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4313" data-file-height="5370" /></a> </td> <td align="right">11 Apr 1951   </td> <td align="right">1 Jul 1954   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">Air Training Command</a>, 1948–1954.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1900–1982) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">34</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Otto_P._Weyland" title="Otto P. Weyland">Otto P. Weyland</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Weyland_op.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Weyland_op.jpg/75px-Weyland_op.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Weyland_op.jpg/113px-Weyland_op.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Weyland_op.jpg/150px-Weyland_op.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1400" /></a> </td> <td align="right">11 Apr 1951   </td> <td align="right">5 Jul 1952   </td> <td align="right">1   </td> <td> <ul><li>Deputy Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">Far East Air Forces</a>, 1951.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>, 1951.</li> <li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">Far East Air Forces</a>/United Nations Air Forces, 1951–1954.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1902–1979) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 5 Jul 1952. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">35</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurence_S._Kuter" title="Laurence S. Kuter">Laurence S. Kuter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Laurence_Sherman_Kuter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Laurence_Sherman_Kuter.jpg/75px-Laurence_Sherman_Kuter.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Laurence_Sherman_Kuter.jpg/113px-Laurence_Sherman_Kuter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Laurence_Sherman_Kuter.jpg/150px-Laurence_Sherman_Kuter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1882" data-file-height="2321" /></a> </td> <td align="right">11 Apr 1951   </td> <td align="right">29 May 1955   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Military_Air_Transport_Service" title="Military Air Transport Service">Military Air Transport Service</a>, 1948–1951.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1951–1953.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_University_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Air University (United States Air Force)">Air University</a>, 1953–1955.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1979) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 29 May 1955. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">36</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_D._White" title="Thomas D. White">Thomas D. White</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg/75px-Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg/113px-Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg/150px-Gen_Thomas_Dresser_White.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1405" data-file-height="1800" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 Jul 1951   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1953   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1951–1953.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1901–1965) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 30 Jun 1953. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">37</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Orval_R._Cook" title="Orval R. Cook">Orval R. Cook</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:CookALTFH148462jpeg.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/CookALTFH148462jpeg.jpg/75px-CookALTFH148462jpeg.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/CookALTFH148462jpeg.jpg/113px-CookALTFH148462jpeg.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/CookALTFH148462jpeg.jpg/150px-CookALTFH148462jpeg.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2201" data-file-height="2738" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 Jul 1951   </td> <td align="right">1 Apr 1954   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1951–1954.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1898–1980) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 1 Apr 1954. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">38</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Stone_III" title="Charles B. Stone III">Charles B. Stone III</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:USAF_Major_General_Charles_B_Stone_III.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/USAF_Major_General_Charles_B_Stone_III.JPG/75px-USAF_Major_General_Charles_B_Stone_III.JPG" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/USAF_Major_General_Charles_B_Stone_III.JPG/113px-USAF_Major_General_Charles_B_Stone_III.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/USAF_Major_General_Charles_B_Stone_III.JPG/150px-USAF_Major_General_Charles_B_Stone_III.JPG 2x" data-file-width="350" data-file-height="457" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 Jul 1951   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1957   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Comptroller, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1951–1955.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a>, 1955–1956.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a>/Senior Air Force Member, <a href="/wiki/Military_Staff_Committee" title="Military Staff Committee">Military Staff Committee</a>, United Nations, 1956–1957.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a>/Chairman, U.S. Delegation to the <a href="/wiki/Military_Staff_Committee" title="Military Staff Committee">Military Staff Committee</a>, United Nations/Senior Air Force Member, <a href="/wiki/Military_Staff_Committee" title="Military Staff Committee">Military Staff Committee</a>, United Nations, 1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1904–1992) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">39</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_F._Everest" title="Frank F. Everest">Frank F. Everest</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_F_Everest.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Frank_F_Everest.jpg/75px-Frank_F_Everest.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Frank_F_Everest.jpg/113px-Frank_F_Everest.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Frank_F_Everest.jpg/150px-Frank_F_Everest.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6110" data-file-height="7584" /></a> </td> <td align="right">20 Dec 1951   1 May 1953   </td> <td align="right">30 May 1952   1 Jul 1957   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1951–1952.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Joint_Staff" title="Director of the Joint Staff">Director, Joint Staff</a>, 1953–1954.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1954–1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1904–1983)<a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 1 Jul 1957. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">40</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Glenn_O._Barcus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glenn O. Barcus (page does not exist)">Glenn O. Barcus</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Glenn_O._Barcus.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Lt_Gen_Glenn_O._Barcus.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Glenn_O._Barcus.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Lt_Gen_Glenn_O._Barcus.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Glenn_O._Barcus.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Lt_Gen_Glenn_O._Barcus.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Glenn_O._Barcus.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4087" data-file-height="5331" /></a> </td> <td align="right">10 Jun 1952   26 Jul 1954   </td> <td align="right">31 May 1953   1 Aug 1960   </td> <td align="right">7   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1952–1953.</li> <li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Northeast_Command&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Northeast Command (page does not exist)">U.S. Northeast Command</a>/Commander, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Air_Command" title="Northeast Air Command">Northeast Air Command</a>, 1954–1956.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Air_Command" title="Northeast Air Command">Northeast Air Command</a>, 1956–1957.</li> <li>Chief of Staff, <a href="/wiki/United_States_European_Command" title="United States European Command">U.S. European Command</a>, 1957–1960.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1903–1990)<a href="#cite_note-barcus-19">[19]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">41</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Trovilla_Myers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Trovilla Myers (page does not exist)">Charles T. Myers</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Charles_T._Myers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Lt_Gen_Charles_T._Myers.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Charles_T._Myers.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Lt_Gen_Charles_T._Myers.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Charles_T._Myers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Lt_Gen_Charles_T._Myers.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Charles_T._Myers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2248" data-file-height="2832" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Jul 1952   </td> <td align="right">31 Jul 1958   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/w/index.php?title=United_States_Northeast_Command&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="United States Northeast Command (page does not exist)">U.S. Northeast Command</a>/Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Air_Command" title="Northeast Air Command">Northeast Air Command</a>, 1952–1954.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Command" title="Air Training Command">Air Training Command</a>, 1954–1958.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1900–1976) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">42</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laurence_Cardee_Craigie" class="mw-redirect" title="Laurence Cardee Craigie">Laurence C. Craigie</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:LGEN_Craigie,_Laurence_C_(MGEN).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/LGEN_Craigie%2C_Laurence_C_%28MGEN%29.jpg/75px-LGEN_Craigie%2C_Laurence_C_%28MGEN%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/LGEN_Craigie%2C_Laurence_C_%28MGEN%29.jpg/113px-LGEN_Craigie%2C_Laurence_C_%28MGEN%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/LGEN_Craigie%2C_Laurence_C_%28MGEN%29.jpg/150px-LGEN_Craigie%2C_Laurence_C_%28MGEN%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1009" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Jul 1952   </td> <td align="right">1 Jul 1955   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Development, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1951–1954.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Allied_Air_Forces_Southern_Europe" title="Allied Air Forces Southern Europe">Allied Air Forces Southern Europe</a>, 1954–1955.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1902–1994) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">43</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charles_P._Cabell" title="Charles P. Cabell">Charles P. Cabell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Charles_P._Cabell.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lt_Gen_Charles_P._Cabell.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Charles_P._Cabell.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lt_Gen_Charles_P._Cabell.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Charles_P._Cabell.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Lt_Gen_Charles_P._Cabell.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Charles_P._Cabell.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2389" data-file-height="3014" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Jul 1952   </td> <td align="right">11 Jul 1958   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Joint_Staff" title="Director of the Joint Staff">Director, Joint Staff</a>, 1951–1953.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Director_of_Central_Intelligence" class="mw-redirect" title="Deputy Director of Central Intelligence">Deputy Director of Central Intelligence</a>, 1953–1962.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1903–1971) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 11 Jul 1958. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">44</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Leon_W._Johnson" title="Leon W. Johnson">Leon W. Johnson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Leon_W_Johnson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Leon_W_Johnson.jpg/75px-Leon_W_Johnson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Leon_W_Johnson.jpg/113px-Leon_W_Johnson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Leon_W_Johnson.jpg/150px-Leon_W_Johnson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="2200" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Jul 1952   </td> <td align="right">31 Aug 1957   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a>, 1952–1955.</li> <li>U.S. Representative, Military Representative Committee and Standing Group, <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</a>, 1956–1958.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1904–1997) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 31 Aug 1957. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">45</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Smith_(general)" title="Joseph Smith (general)">Joseph Smith</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt._Gen._Joseph_Smith_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Lt._Gen._Joseph_Smith_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Lt._Gen._Joseph_Smith_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Lt._Gen._Joseph_Smith_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Lt._Gen._Joseph_Smith_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Lt._Gen._Joseph_Smith_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Lt._Gen._Joseph_Smith_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="900" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Jul 1952   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1958   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Military_Air_Transport_Service" title="Military Air Transport Service">Military Air Transport Service</a>, 1951–1958.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1901–1993) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">46</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_M._Schlatter&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David M. Schlatter (page does not exist)">David M. Schlatter</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:David_M._Schlatter.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/David_M._Schlatter.jpg/75px-David_M._Schlatter.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/David_M._Schlatter.jpg/113px-David_M._Schlatter.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/David_M._Schlatter.jpg/150px-David_M._Schlatter.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1704" data-file-height="2384" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Sep 1952   </td> <td align="right">31 Jul 1957   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Allied_Air_Forces_Southern_Europe" title="Allied Air Forces Southern Europe">Allied Air Forces Southern Europe</a>, 1951–1954.</li> <li>Commandant, <a href="/wiki/Joint_Forces_Staff_College" title="Joint Forces Staff College">Armed Forces Staff College</a>, 1954–1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1901–1974) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">47</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bryant_L._Boatner" title="Bryant L. Boatner">Bryant L. Boatner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Bryant_Boatner_USAF.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bryant_Boatner_USAF.jpg/75px-Bryant_Boatner_USAF.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bryant_Boatner_USAF.jpg/113px-Bryant_Boatner_USAF.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Bryant_Boatner_USAF.jpg/150px-Bryant_Boatner_USAF.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2243" data-file-height="2857" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Sep 1952   </td> <td align="right">1 Sep 1955   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General of the United States Air Force">The Inspector General, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1952–1954.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1954–1955.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1907–1986) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">48</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Joseph_H._Atkinson&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Joseph H. Atkinson (page does not exist)">Joseph H. Atkinson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Joseph_H._Atkinson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Lt_Gen_Joseph_H._Atkinson.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Joseph_H._Atkinson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Lt_Gen_Joseph_H._Atkinson.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Joseph_H._Atkinson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Lt_Gen_Joseph_H._Atkinson.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Joseph_H._Atkinson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="650" data-file-height="836" /></a> </td> <td align="right">3 Mar 1953   </td> <td align="right">28 Feb 1961   </td> <td align="right">8   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Command" title="Alaskan Command">Alaskan Command</a>, 1953–1956.</li> <li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Command" title="Alaskan Command">Alaskan Command</a>/Commander, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Air_Command" title="Alaskan Air Command">Alaskan Air Command</a>, 1956.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, 1956–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1900–1984) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">49</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samuel_E._Anderson" title="Samuel E. Anderson">Samuel E. Anderson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Samuel_E_Anderson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Samuel_E_Anderson.jpg/75px-Samuel_E_Anderson.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Samuel_E_Anderson.jpg/113px-Samuel_E_Anderson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Samuel_E_Anderson.jpg/150px-Samuel_E_Anderson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1572" data-file-height="1788" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 May 1953   </td> <td align="right">10 Mar 1959   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1953–1954.</li> <li>Director, <a href="/wiki/Weapons_Systems_Evaluation_Group" title="Weapons Systems Evaluation Group">Weapons Systems Evaluation Group</a>, 1954–1957.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Research and Development Command</a>, 1957–1959.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1982) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 10 Mar 1959. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">50</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Emmett_O%27Donnell_Jr." title="Emmett O'Donnell Jr.">Emmett O'Donnell Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:EODonnellJr2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/EODonnellJr2.jpg/75px-EODonnellJr2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/EODonnellJr2.jpg/113px-EODonnellJr2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/EODonnellJr2.jpg/150px-EODonnellJr2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1021" data-file-height="1325" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 May 1953   </td> <td align="right">31 Jul 1959   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1953–1959.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1972) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 31 Jul 1959. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">51</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_H._Tunner" title="William H. Tunner">William H. Tunner</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_William_H._Tunner.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lt_Gen_William_H._Tunner.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_William_H._Tunner.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lt_Gen_William_H._Tunner.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_William_H._Tunner.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Lt_Gen_William_H._Tunner.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_William_H._Tunner.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1400" /></a> </td> <td align="right">22 Jul 1953   </td> <td align="right">31 May 1960   </td> <td align="right">7   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">U.S. Air Forces in Europe</a>, 1953–1957.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1957–1958.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Military_Air_Transport_Service" title="Military Air Transport Service">Military Air Transport Service</a>, 1958–1960.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1983) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">52</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_L._Putt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donald L. Putt (page does not exist)">Donald L. Putt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Donald_L._Putt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lt_Gen_Donald_L._Putt.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Donald_L._Putt.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lt_Gen_Donald_L._Putt.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Donald_L._Putt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Lt_Gen_Donald_L._Putt.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Donald_L._Putt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1422" data-file-height="1852" /></a> </td> <td align="right">22 Jul 1953   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1958   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Research and Development Command</a>, 1953–1954.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Development, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1954–1958.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1988) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">53</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Truman_H._Landon" title="Truman H. Landon">Truman H. Landon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Truman_Landon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Truman_Landon.jpg/75px-Truman_Landon.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Truman_Landon.jpg/113px-Truman_Landon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Truman_Landon.jpg/150px-Truman_Landon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1300" data-file-height="1565" /></a> </td> <td align="right">19 Feb 1954   1 Jun 1959   </td> <td align="right">20 Jun 1956   28 Jun 1961   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General of the United States Air Force">The Inspector General, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1954–1956.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel</a>, 1959–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1986)<a href="#cite_note-landon-20">[20]</a> Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 28 Jun 1961. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">54</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Thomas_S._Power" title="Thomas S. Power">Thomas S. Power</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_S_Power.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Thomas_S_Power.jpg/75px-Thomas_S_Power.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Thomas_S_Power.jpg/113px-Thomas_S_Power.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Thomas_S_Power.jpg/150px-Thomas_S_Power.jpg 2x" data-file-width="586" data-file-height="726" /></a> </td> <td align="right">6 Apr 1954   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1957   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Research and Development Command</a>, 1954–1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1970) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 30 Jun 1957. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">55</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roger_M._Ramey" title="Roger M. Ramey">Roger M. Ramey</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Roger_M._Ramey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Lt_Gen_Roger_M._Ramey.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Roger_M._Ramey.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Lt_Gen_Roger_M._Ramey.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Roger_M._Ramey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Lt_Gen_Roger_M._Ramey.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Roger_M._Ramey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2236" data-file-height="2825" /></a> </td> <td align="right">6 Apr 1954   </td> <td align="right">31 Jan 1957   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1954–1956.</li> <li>Deputy Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Defense_Command" title="Continental Air Defense Command">Continental Air Defense Command</a>/Vice Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, 1956–1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1903–1963) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">56</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_W._Timberlake" title="Patrick W. Timberlake">Patrick W. Timberlake</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Patrick_W._Timberlake.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Lt_Gen_Patrick_W._Timberlake.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Patrick_W._Timberlake.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Lt_Gen_Patrick_W._Timberlake.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Patrick_W._Timberlake.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Lt_Gen_Patrick_W._Timberlake.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Patrick_W._Timberlake.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2265" data-file-height="2845" /></a> </td> <td align="right">10 May 1955   </td> <td align="right">31 Jul 1957   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Allied_Air_Forces_Southern_Europe" title="Allied Air Forces Southern Europe">Allied Air Forces Southern Europe</a>, 1955–1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1901–1983) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">57</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Clarence_S._Irvine" class="mw-redirect" title="Clarence S. Irvine">Clarence S. Irvine</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Clarence_S._Irvine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Lt_Gen_Clarence_S._Irvine.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Clarence_S._Irvine.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Lt_Gen_Clarence_S._Irvine.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Clarence_S._Irvine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c5/Lt_Gen_Clarence_S._Irvine.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Clarence_S._Irvine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="258" /></a> </td> <td align="right">10 May 1955   </td> <td align="right">30 Apr 1959   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1955–1959.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1898–1975) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">58</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Elmer_J._Rogers_Jr." title="Elmer J. Rogers Jr.">Elmer J. Rogers Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Elmer_J._Rogers,_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Elmer_J._Rogers%2C_Jr.jpg/75px-Elmer_J._Rogers%2C_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Elmer_J._Rogers%2C_Jr.jpg/113px-Elmer_J._Rogers%2C_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Elmer_J._Rogers%2C_Jr.jpg/150px-Elmer_J._Rogers%2C_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1382" /></a> </td> <td align="right">15 Jul 1955   </td> <td align="right">31 Dec 1961   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Chief of Staff, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Forces_Korea" title="United States Forces Korea">Far East Command</a>, 1955–1956.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General of the United States Air Force">The Inspector General, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1956–1959.</li> <li>U.S. Representative, Permanent Military Deputies Group, <a href="/wiki/Central_Treaty_Organization" title="Central Treaty Organization">Central Treaty Organization</a>, 1960–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1903–2002) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">59</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manuel_Jose_Asensio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manuel Jose Asensio (page does not exist)">Manuel J. Asensio</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_Manuel_J._Asensio.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Lt_Gen_Manuel_J._Asensio.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_Manuel_J._Asensio.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Lt_Gen_Manuel_J._Asensio.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_Manuel_J._Asensio.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Lt_Gen_Manuel_J._Asensio.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_Manuel_J._Asensio.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2021" data-file-height="3000" /></a> </td> <td align="right">15 Dec 1955   </td> <td align="right">1 Feb 1960   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Comptroller, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1955–1957.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Comptroller, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1957–1960.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1983) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">60</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Earl_Walter_Barnes&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Earl Walter Barnes (page does not exist)">Earl W. Barnes</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Earl_W._Barnes_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Earl_W._Barnes_%28cropped%29.jpg/75px-Earl_W._Barnes_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Earl_W._Barnes_%28cropped%29.jpg/113px-Earl_W._Barnes_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Earl_W._Barnes_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Earl_W._Barnes_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1808" data-file-height="2299" /></a> </td> <td align="right">20 Jun 1956   </td> <td align="right">30 Sep 1957   </td> <td align="right">1   </td> <td> <ul><li>Chief of Staff, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a>/<a href="/wiki/United_States_Forces_Korea" title="United States Forces Korea">Far East Command</a>, 1956–1957.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1902–1979) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">61</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frederic_H._Smith_Jr." title="Frederic H. Smith Jr.">Frederic H. Smith Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:GEN_Smith,_Frederic_Harrison,_Jr_(VCSAF).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/GEN_Smith%2C_Frederic_Harrison%2C_Jr_%28VCSAF%29.jpg/75px-GEN_Smith%2C_Frederic_Harrison%2C_Jr_%28VCSAF%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/GEN_Smith%2C_Frederic_Harrison%2C_Jr_%28VCSAF%29.jpg/113px-GEN_Smith%2C_Frederic_Harrison%2C_Jr_%28VCSAF%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/GEN_Smith%2C_Frederic_Harrison%2C_Jr_%28VCSAF%29.jpg/150px-GEN_Smith%2C_Frederic_Harrison%2C_Jr_%28VCSAF%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2228" data-file-height="2811" /></a> </td> <td align="right">20 Jun 1956   </td> <td align="right">1 Aug 1959   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1956–1957.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Forces_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forces Japan">U.S. Forces Japan</a>/<a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1957–1958.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Training_Command" title="Air Training Command">Air Training Command</a>, 1958–1959.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1908–1980) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 1 Aug 1959. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">62</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dean_C._Strother" title="Dean C. Strother">Dean C. Strother</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Dean_Coldwell_Strother.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Dean_Coldwell_Strother.jpg/75px-Dean_Coldwell_Strother.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Dean_Coldwell_Strother.jpg/113px-Dean_Coldwell_Strother.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Dean_Coldwell_Strother.jpg/150px-Dean_Coldwell_Strother.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1400" /></a> </td> <td align="right">5 Sep 1956   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1962   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_University_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Air University (United States Air Force)">Air University</a>, 1955–1958.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1958–1962.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1908–2000) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 30 Jun 1962. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">63</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Frank_A._Armstrong" title="Frank A. Armstrong">Frank A. Armstrong Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Frank_A._Armstrong,_official_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Frank_A._Armstrong%2C_official_portrait.jpg/75px-Frank_A._Armstrong%2C_official_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Frank_A._Armstrong%2C_official_portrait.jpg/113px-Frank_A._Armstrong%2C_official_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Frank_A._Armstrong%2C_official_portrait.jpg/150px-Frank_A._Armstrong%2C_official_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1449" data-file-height="1872" /></a> </td> <td align="right">17 Sep 1956   </td> <td align="right">31 Jul 1961   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Command" title="Alaskan Command">Alaskan Command</a>, 1956–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1902–1969) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">64</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_A._Samford" title="John A. Samford">John A. Samford</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Samford_John_Alexander.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Samford_John_Alexander.jpg/75px-Samford_John_Alexander.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Samford_John_Alexander.jpg/113px-Samford_John_Alexander.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Samford_John_Alexander.jpg/150px-Samford_John_Alexander.jpg 2x" data-file-width="936" data-file-height="1352" /></a> </td> <td align="right">24 Nov 1956   </td> <td align="right">23 Nov 1960   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_National_Security_Agency" title="Director of the National Security Agency">Director, National Security Agency</a>, 1956–1960.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1968) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">65</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Walter_Edwin_Todd&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Walter Edwin Todd (page does not exist)">Walter E. Todd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_Edwin_Todd.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Walter_Edwin_Todd.jpg/75px-Walter_Edwin_Todd.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Walter_Edwin_Todd.jpg/113px-Walter_Edwin_Todd.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Walter_Edwin_Todd.jpg/150px-Walter_Edwin_Todd.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1400" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 Jun 1957   </td> <td align="right">31 Jul 1961   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Chief of Staff, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Forces_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forces Korea">U.S. Forces Korea</a>, 1957–1958.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_University_(United_States_Air_Force)" title="Air University (United States Air Force)">Air University</a>, 1958–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1978) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">66</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richard_Clark_Lindsay" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Clark Lindsay">Richard C. Lindsay</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_C._Lindsay.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Richard_C._Lindsay.jpg/75px-Richard_C._Lindsay.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Richard_C._Lindsay.jpg/113px-Richard_C._Lindsay.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Richard_C._Lindsay.jpg/150px-Richard_C._Lindsay.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4361" data-file-height="5444" /></a> </td> <td align="right">29 Jun 1957   </td> <td align="right">30 Apr 1960   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Allied_Air_Forces_Southern_Europe" title="Allied Air Forces Southern Europe">Allied Air Forces Southern Europe</a>, 1957–1960.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1990) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">67</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_K._Gerhart" title="John K. Gerhart">John K. Gerhart</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:John_K_Gerhart.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/John_K_Gerhart.jpg/75px-John_K_Gerhart.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/John_K_Gerhart.jpg/113px-John_K_Gerhart.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/John_K_Gerhart.jpg/150px-John_K_Gerhart.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2148" data-file-height="2808" /></a> </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1957   </td> <td align="right">29 Jun 1962   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Programs, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1957–1962.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1907–1981) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 29 Jun 1962. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">68</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Evens_Hall" title="William Evens Hall">William E. Hall</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lieutenant_General_William_E._Hall.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Lieutenant_General_William_E._Hall.JPG/75px-Lieutenant_General_William_E._Hall.JPG" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Lieutenant_General_William_E._Hall.JPG/113px-Lieutenant_General_William_E._Hall.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Lieutenant_General_William_E._Hall.JPG/150px-Lieutenant_General_William_E._Hall.JPG 2x" data-file-width="862" data-file-height="1123" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Jul 1957   </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1961   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Continental_Air_Command" title="Continental Air Command">Continental Air Command</a>, 1957–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1907–1984) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">69</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Francis_H._Griswold" title="Francis H. Griswold">Francis H. Griswold</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Griswold_fh1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Griswold_fh1.jpg/75px-Griswold_fh1.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Griswold_fh1.jpg/113px-Griswold_fh1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Griswold_fh1.jpg/150px-Griswold_fh1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1880" data-file-height="2340" /></a> </td> <td align="right">29 Aug 1957   </td> <td align="right">1 Aug 1964   </td> <td align="right">7   </td> <td> <ul><li>Vice Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>, 1954–1961.</li> <li>Commandant, <a href="/wiki/National_War_College" title="National War College">National War College</a>, 1961–1964.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1904–1989) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">70</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_F._McKee" title="William F. McKee">William F. McKee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:GEN_McKee,_Wm_Fulton_(MGEN).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/GEN_McKee%2C_Wm_Fulton_%28MGEN%29.jpg/75px-GEN_McKee%2C_Wm_Fulton_%28MGEN%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/GEN_McKee%2C_Wm_Fulton_%28MGEN%29.jpg/113px-GEN_McKee%2C_Wm_Fulton_%28MGEN%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/GEN_McKee%2C_Wm_Fulton_%28MGEN%29.jpg/150px-GEN_McKee%2C_Wm_Fulton_%28MGEN%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2208" data-file-height="2760" /></a> </td> <td align="right">30 Aug 1957   </td> <td align="right">29 Jun 1961   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Vice Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Materiel_Command" title="Air Materiel Command">Air Materiel Command</a>, 1953–1961.</li> <li>Vice Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Logistics_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Logistics Command">Air Force Logistics Command</a>, 1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1987) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 29 Jun 1961. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">71</td> <td><a href="/wiki/William_Eckert" title="William Eckert">William D. Eckert</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:William_Dole_%22Spike%22_Eckert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/William_Dole_%22Spike%22_Eckert.jpg/75px-William_Dole_%22Spike%22_Eckert.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/William_Dole_%22Spike%22_Eckert.jpg/113px-William_Dole_%22Spike%22_Eckert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/William_Dole_%22Spike%22_Eckert.jpg/150px-William_Dole_%22Spike%22_Eckert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1514" data-file-height="2000" /></a> </td> <td align="right">31 Aug 1957   </td> <td align="right">1 Apr 1961   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Vice Commander, <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>, 1956–1960.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Comptroller, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1960–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1909–1971) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">72</td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Mundy" title="George W. Mundy">George W. Mundy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lt_Gen_George_W._Mundy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Lt_Gen_George_W._Mundy.jpg/75px-Lt_Gen_George_W._Mundy.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Lt_Gen_George_W._Mundy.jpg/113px-Lt_Gen_George_W._Mundy.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Lt_Gen_George_W._Mundy.jpg/150px-Lt_Gen_George_W._Mundy.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1609" data-file-height="2000" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Nov 1957   </td> <td align="right">31 Jul 1963   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commandant, <a href="/wiki/Industrial_College_of_the_Armed_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Industrial College of the Armed Forces">Industrial College of the Armed Forces</a>, 1957–1961.</li> <li>Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Command" title="Alaskan Command">Alaskan Command</a>, 1961–1963.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–2000) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">73</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oliver_S._Picher" title="Oliver S. Picher">Oliver S. Picher</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Oliver_S_Picher.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Oliver_S_Picher.jpg/75px-Oliver_S_Picher.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Oliver_S_Picher.jpg/113px-Oliver_S_Picher.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Oliver_S_Picher.jpg/150px-Oliver_S_Picher.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2254" data-file-height="2782" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Apr 1958   </td> <td align="right">11 May 1960   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Joint_Staff" title="Director of the Joint Staff">Director, Joint Staff</a>, 1958–1960.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1984) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">74</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Roy_Henry_Lynn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Roy Henry Lynn (page does not exist)">Roy H. Lynn</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Maj._Gen._Roy_H._Lynn.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Maj._Gen._Roy_H._Lynn.jpg/75px-Maj._Gen._Roy_H._Lynn.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Maj._Gen._Roy_H._Lynn.jpg/113px-Maj._Gen._Roy_H._Lynn.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Maj._Gen._Roy_H._Lynn.jpg/150px-Maj._Gen._Roy_H._Lynn.jpg 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="434" /></a> </td> <td align="right">2 Apr 1958   </td> <td align="right">31 Aug 1959   </td> <td align="right">1   </td> <td> <ul><li>Vice Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, 1957–1959.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1992) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">75</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Roscoe_C._Wilson" class="mw-redirect" title="Roscoe C. Wilson">Roscoe C. Wilson</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Wilson_rc.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Wilson_rc.jpg/75px-Wilson_rc.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Wilson_rc.jpg/113px-Wilson_rc.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Wilson_rc.jpg/150px-Wilson_rc.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1400" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Jul 1958   </td> <td align="right">1 Nov 1961   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Development, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1958–1961.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Technology, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1905–1986) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">76</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Merrill_Lee" title="Robert Merrill Lee">Robert M. Lee</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Robert_Merrill_Lee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Robert_Merrill_Lee.jpg/75px-Robert_Merrill_Lee.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Robert_Merrill_Lee.jpg/113px-Robert_Merrill_Lee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Robert_Merrill_Lee.jpg/150px-Robert_Merrill_Lee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1993" /></a> </td> <td align="right">15 Jul 1958   </td> <td align="right">4 Jun 1963   </td> <td align="right">5   </td> <td> <ul><li>Chief of Staff, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Forces_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forces Korea">U.S. Forces Korea</a>, 1958–1959.</li> <li>Vice Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, 1959–1961.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">Air Defense Command</a>, 1961–1963.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1909–2003) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 4 Jun 1963. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="center">*</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Claire_Lee_Chennault" title="Claire Lee Chennault">Claire L. Chennault</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Claire_L._Chennault.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Claire_L._Chennault.jpg/75px-Claire_L._Chennault.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Claire_L._Chennault.jpg/113px-Claire_L._Chennault.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Claire_L._Chennault.jpg/150px-Claire_L._Chennault.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1200" /></a> </td> <td align="right">18 Jul 1958   </td> <td align="center">(none) </td> <td align="right">0   </td> <td> <ul><li>(none)</li></ul> </td> <td>(1890–1958)<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">77</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Whitney_Burns" title="Robert Whitney Burns">Robert W. Burns</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:LGEN_Burns,_Robert_Whitney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/LGEN_Burns%2C_Robert_Whitney.jpg/75px-LGEN_Burns%2C_Robert_Whitney.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/LGEN_Burns%2C_Robert_Whitney.jpg/113px-LGEN_Burns%2C_Robert_Whitney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/LGEN_Burns%2C_Robert_Whitney.jpg/150px-LGEN_Burns%2C_Robert_Whitney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1376" data-file-height="1744" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Aug 1958   </td> <td align="right">10 Aug 1964   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Forces_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forces Japan">U.S. Forces Japan</a>/<a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a>, 1958–1961.</li> <li>Chairman, <a href="/wiki/Inter-American_Defense_Board" title="Inter-American Defense Board">Inter-American Defense Board</a>, 1961–1963.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">Air Training Command</a>, 1963–1964.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1908–1964) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">78</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bernard_Adolph_Schriever" class="mw-redirect" title="Bernard Adolph Schriever">Bernard A. Schriever</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Bernard_Adolph_Schriever.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Bernard_Adolph_Schriever.jpg/75px-Bernard_Adolph_Schriever.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Bernard_Adolph_Schriever.jpg/113px-Bernard_Adolph_Schriever.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Bernard_Adolph_Schriever.jpg/150px-Bernard_Adolph_Schriever.jpg 2x" data-file-width="309" data-file-height="394" /></a> </td> <td align="right">25 Apr 1959   </td> <td align="right">1 Jul 1961   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Research and Development Command</a>, 1959–1961.</li> <li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Systems_Command" title="Air Force Systems Command">Air Force Systems Command</a>, 1961–1966.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1910–2005) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 1 Jul 1961. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">79</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mark_Edward_Bradley" title="Mark Edward Bradley">Mark E. Bradley</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Mark_Edward_Bradley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Mark_Edward_Bradley.jpg/75px-Mark_Edward_Bradley.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Mark_Edward_Bradley.jpg/113px-Mark_Edward_Bradley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Mark_Edward_Bradley.jpg/150px-Mark_Edward_Bradley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1560" data-file-height="1901" /></a> </td> <td align="right">27 Jun 1959   </td> <td align="right">1 Jul 1962   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Materiel, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1959–1961.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Deputy Chief of Staff, Systems and Logistics, U.S. Air Force</a>, 1961–1962.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1907–1999) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 1 Jul 1962. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">80</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Walter_C._Sweeney,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Walter C. Sweeney, Jr.">Walter C. Sweeney Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Walter_C._Sweeney.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Walter_C._Sweeney.jpg/75px-Walter_C._Sweeney.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Walter_C._Sweeney.jpg/113px-Walter_C._Sweeney.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Walter_C._Sweeney.jpg/150px-Walter_C._Sweeney.jpg 2x" data-file-width="981" data-file-height="1400" /></a> </td> <td align="right">28 Jun 1959   </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1961   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Air_Force" title="Eighth Air Force">Eighth Air Force</a>, 1955–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1909–1965) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 30 Jun 1961. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">81</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Archie_J._Old,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Archie J. Old, Jr.">Archie J. Old Jr.</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Lieutenant_General_Archie_J._Old_Jr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Lieutenant_General_Archie_J._Old_Jr.jpg/75px-Lieutenant_General_Archie_J._Old_Jr.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Lieutenant_General_Archie_J._Old_Jr.jpg/113px-Lieutenant_General_Archie_J._Old_Jr.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Lieutenant_General_Archie_J._Old_Jr.jpg/150px-Lieutenant_General_Archie_J._Old_Jr.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1400" /></a> </td> <td align="right">29 Jun 1959   </td> <td align="right">1 Sep 1965   </td> <td align="right">6   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Air_Force" title="Fifteenth Air Force">Fifteenth Air Force</a>, 1955–1965.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1984) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">82</td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_P._McConnell_(general)" title="John P. McConnell (general)">John P. McConnell</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:John_P._McConnell_EUCOM.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/John_P._McConnell_EUCOM.jpg/75px-John_P._McConnell_EUCOM.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/John_P._McConnell_EUCOM.jpg/113px-John_P._McConnell_EUCOM.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/John_P._McConnell_EUCOM.jpg/150px-John_P._McConnell_EUCOM.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="761" /></a> </td> <td align="right">30 Jun 1959   </td> <td align="right">1 Oct 1962   </td> <td align="right">3   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Second_Air_Force" title="Second Air Force">Second Air Force</a>, 1957–1961.</li> <li>Vice Commander in Chief, <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">Strategic Air Command</a>, 1961–1962.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1908–1986) Promoted to <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">general</a>, 1 Oct 1962. </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">83</td> <td><a href="/wiki/James_Elbert_Briggs" class="mw-redirect" title="James Elbert Briggs">James E. Briggs</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:James_E_Briggs.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/James_E_Briggs.jpg/75px-James_E_Briggs.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/James_E_Briggs.jpg/113px-James_E_Briggs.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/James_E_Briggs.jpg/150px-James_E_Briggs.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1578" data-file-height="2069" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Aug 1959   </td> <td align="right">1 Aug 1963   </td> <td align="right">4   </td> <td> <ul><li>Commander, <a href="/wiki/Air_Education_and_Training_Command" title="Air Education and Training Command">Air Training Command</a>, 1959–1963.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1906–1979) </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td align="right">84</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Emery_Scott_Wetzel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Emery Scott Wetzel (page does not exist)">Emery S. Wetzel</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Brig_Gen_Emery_Scott_Wetzel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Brig_Gen_Emery_Scott_Wetzel.jpg/75px-Brig_Gen_Emery_Scott_Wetzel.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Brig_Gen_Emery_Scott_Wetzel.jpg/113px-Brig_Gen_Emery_Scott_Wetzel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Brig_Gen_Emery_Scott_Wetzel.jpg/150px-Brig_Gen_Emery_Scott_Wetzel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2120" data-file-height="2774" /></a> </td> <td align="right">1 Sep 1959   </td> <td align="right">31 Aug 1961   </td> <td align="right">2   </td> <td> <ul><li>Chief of Staff, <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a>/<a href="/wiki/U.S._Forces_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Forces Korea">U.S. Forces Korea</a>, 1959–1961.</li></ul> </td> <td>(1907–1989) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Timeline">Timeline</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Timeline">edit</a>]</div> An officer held the active-duty grade of lieutenant general (<a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lt.gen.</a>) in the U.S. Army (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">USA</a>) or U.S. Air Force until his death, retirement, resignation, reassignment to a lesser position, or promotion to a higher grade such as general (<a href="/wiki/General_(United_States)" title="General (United States)">Gen.</a>) or general of the Army (<a href="/wiki/General_of_the_Army_(United_States)" title="General of the Army (United States)">Gen.Army</a>). <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_facfwolt0b8as8yauoss3x0k5uco6vn"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Emery_Scott_Wetzel" coords="401,913,530,935" title="Emery Scott Wetzel" alt="Emery Scott Wetzel" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/James_E._Briggs" coords="435,903,564,925" title="James E. 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Emmons" /></map><img usemap="#timeline_facfwolt0b8as8yauoss3x0k5uco6vn" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/facfwolt0b8as8yauoss3x0k5uco6vn.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History">edit</a>]</div> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> originated as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">Air Corps</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Regular_Army_(United_States)" title="Regular Army (United States)">Regular Army</a>. During <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> the Regular Army was augmented with a larger temporary force of reservists, volunteers, and conscripts to form the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">Army of the United States</a>. Air personnel in the combined force belonged to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a>. After the war, all Air Corps and Army Air Forces personnel split off from the Army to form the independent Air Force. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1939–1947_(U.S._Army_Air_Forces)">1939–1947 (U.S. Army Air Forces)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1939–1947 (U.S. Army Air Forces)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lieutenant_General_Delos_C_Emmons.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Lieutenant_General_Delos_C_Emmons.jpg/150px-Lieutenant_General_Delos_C_Emmons.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="189" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Lieutenant_General_Delos_C_Emmons.jpg/225px-Lieutenant_General_Delos_C_Emmons.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Lieutenant_General_Delos_C_Emmons.jpg/300px-Lieutenant_General_Delos_C_Emmons.jpg 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="800" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Delos_Carleton_Emmons" title="Delos Carleton Emmons">Delos C. Emmons</a></figcaption></figure> The first United States airman to become a lieutenant general was <a href="/wiki/Delos_Carleton_Emmons" title="Delos Carleton Emmons">Delos C. Emmons</a>, commanding general of <a href="/wiki/General_Headquarters_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="General Headquarters Air Force">General Headquarters Air Force</a>, who was appointed to that grade under a 1940 law authorizing the President to appoint Regular Army officers to temporary higher grades in the <a href="/wiki/Army_of_the_United_States" title="Army of the United States">Army of the United States</a>. The first airman to become a lieutenant general in the Regular Army was <a href="/wiki/Frank_Maxwell_Andrews" title="Frank Maxwell Andrews">Frank M. Andrews</a>, who was automatically elevated to that grade upon assuming command of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_South" title="United States Army South">Panama Canal Department</a> in 1941. The Regular Army grade of lieutenant general had been abolished at the end of <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, but was revived in 1939 when Congress authorized the officers commanding certain important Army formations to be temporarily appointed to the grade while detailed to those positions; these commands included the four <a href="/wiki/Field_army" title="Field army">field armies</a> and the Panama Canal and <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Pacific" title="United States Army Pacific">Hawaiian</a> Departments.<a href="#cite_note-1940-09-09-22">[22]</a> Numerous airmen were promoted to lieutenant general during World War II. Lieutenant generals typically commanded one of the numbered field armies or air forces; served as deputy theater commanders; or headed major headquarters staffs, administrative commands, or support organizations. Most World War II lieutenant generals were appointed to that grade in the Army of the United States, even if detailed to a position that already carried the Regular Army grade; unlike the ex officio Regular Army grade, which was lost if an officer was reassigned, the Army of the United States grade was personal to each individual, making it easier to transfer officers without inadvertently demoting them.<a href="#cite_note-temporary-23">[23]</a> Although most air lieutenant generals belonged to the Regular Army Air Corps, anyone could be appointed lieutenant general in the Army of the United States, including reservists and civilians; <a href="/wiki/James_H._Doolittle" class="mw-redirect" title="James H. Doolittle">James H. Doolittle</a> was promoted to lieutenant general as an Air Corps Reserve officer and <a href="/wiki/William_S._Knudsen" title="William S. Knudsen">William S. Knudsen</a> was commissioned lieutenant general directly from civilian life.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1947–1960_(U.S._Air_Force)">1947–1960 (U.S. Air Force)</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1947–1960 (U.S. Air Force)">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Weyland_op.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Weyland_op.jpg/150px-Weyland_op.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Weyland_op.jpg/225px-Weyland_op.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Weyland_op.jpg/300px-Weyland_op.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1400" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Otto_P._Weyland" title="Otto P. Weyland">Otto P. Weyland</a></figcaption></figure> The <a href="/wiki/National_Security_Act_of_1947" title="National Security Act of 1947">National Security Act of 1947</a> transferred all personnel in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">Army Air Forces</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps" title="United States Army Air Corps">Air Corps</a>, and <a href="/wiki/General_Headquarters_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="General Headquarters Air Force">General Headquarters Air Force</a> to the newly created <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>. Lieutenant generals in the new service typically headed divisions of the <a href="/wiki/Air_Staff_(United_States)" title="Air Staff (United States)">Air Staff</a> in Washington, D.C.; the <a href="/wiki/Alaskan_Command" title="Alaskan Command">unified command in Alaska</a>; the theater air forces in <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Forces_in_Europe" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Air Forces in Europe">Europe</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">Far East</a>; or the Air Force's top-level <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Air_Command" title="Strategic Air Command">strategic</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">tactical</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Defense_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Defense Command">air defense</a>, <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Logistics_Command" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Logistics Command">materiel</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Military_Air_Transport_Service" title="Military Air Transport Service">transportation</a> commands. Many early three-star commands were subsequently upgraded to four stars, and their vice commanders were elevated to three stars along with the commanders of the larger <a href="/wiki/Numbered_Air_Force" title="Numbered Air Force">numbered air forces</a>.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> All three- and four-star ranks were made ex officio by the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, meaning that a lieutenant general had to be reconfirmed in that grade every time he changed jobs. During the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> the <a href="/wiki/Far_East_Air_Force_(United_States)" title="Far East Air Force (United States)">Far East Air Forces</a> (FEAF) vice commander for operations, Major General <a href="/wiki/Otto_P._Weyland" title="Otto P. Weyland">Otto P. Weyland</a>, was slated for a three-star job in the United States but <a href="/wiki/Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">Air Force Chief of Staff</a> <a href="/wiki/Hoyt_S._Vandenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Hoyt S. Vandenberg">Hoyt S. Vandenberg</a> wanted Weyland to be promoted to lieutenant general while still in the war zone, so Vandenberg created the new three-star position of deputy commanding general of FEAF just for Weyland. Once promoted, Weyland immediately returned stateside but remained technically assigned to FEAF in order to keep his new grade while waiting for the Senate to confirm him in his permanent three-star assignment as commanding general of <a href="/wiki/Tactical_Air_Command" title="Tactical Air Command">Tactical Air Command</a>.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> It was rare but not unheard of for a lieutenant general to be demoted by accepting a transfer to a lower ranking job. <a href="/wiki/Inspector_General_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Inspector General of the United States Air Force">Air Force Inspector General</a> <a href="/wiki/Truman_H._Landon" title="Truman H. Landon">Truman H. Landon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Fifth Air Force</a> commanding generals <a href="/wiki/Frank_F._Everest" title="Frank F. Everest">Frank F. Everest</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Glenn_O._Barcus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Glenn O. Barcus (page does not exist)">Glenn O. Barcus</a> all reverted to major general for their next assignments but regained their third stars in subsequent postings.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> Conversely, Major General <a href="/wiki/Muir_S._Fairchild" title="Muir S. Fairchild">Muir S. Fairchild</a> skipped three-star rank entirely when he was appointed to the four-star office of <a href="/wiki/Vice_Chief_of_Staff_of_the_United_States_Air_Force" title="Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force">vice chief of staff of the Air Force</a>.<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legislative_history">Legislative history</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Legislative history">edit</a>]</div> The following list of Congressional legislation includes all <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Congress" title="Act of Congress">acts of Congress</a> pertaining to appointments to the grade of lieutenant general in the United States Air Force or United States Army Air Forces before 1960.<a href="#cite_note-legislation-29">[29]</a> Each entry lists an act of Congress, its citation in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">United States Statutes at Large</a>, and a summary of the act's relevance. <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th width="165">Legislation </th> <th>Citation </th> <th>Summary </th></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of July 31, 1940</td> <td> 54 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-54-781">781</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Assigned ex officio rank of lieutenant general to major generals commanding the Panama Canal and Hawaiian Departments (<a href="/wiki/Delos_C._Emmons" class="mw-redirect" title="Delos C. Emmons">Delos C. Emmons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Maxwell_Andrews" title="Frank Maxwell Andrews">Frank M. Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Brett_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Brett (military)">George H. Brett</a>).</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of September 9, 1940</td> <td> 54 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-54-875">875</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Authorized appointment of Regular Army officers to temporary higher grades in the Army of the United States during a national emergency to be determined by the President.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of September 22, 1941</td> <td> 55 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-55-728">728</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Authorized appointment of Regular Army officers to temporary higher grades in the Army of the United States until six months after the World War II emergency.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of June 29, 1943</td> <td> 57 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-57-149">149</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Authorized officers retired for physical disability incurred while temporarily appointed to a higher grade to retire in that grade (<a href="/wiki/Barton_K._Yount" class="mw-redirect" title="Barton K. Yount">Barton K. Yount</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barney_M._Giles" title="Barney M. Giles">Barney M. Giles</a>).</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of July 26, 1947 [National Security Act of 1947] </td> <td> 61 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-61-503">503</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Established U.S. Air Force.</li> <li>Transferred to U.S. Air Force all personnel in Army Air Forces, Air Corps, and General Headquarters Air Force.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of August 7, 1947 [Officer Personnel Act of 1947] </td> <td> 61 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-61-886">886</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Assigned ex officio rank of lieutenant general to general officers serving in positions designated by the President to carry that rank.</li> <li>Assigned ex officio rank of lieutenant general to senior members of the Military and Naval Staff Committee of the United Nations.</li> <li>Capped total positions with ex officio ranks above major general at 15 percent of the total number of active-duty general officers.</li> <li>Capped total officers above grade of major general at 44, of whom not more than nine to be above grade of lieutenant general.</li> <li>Capped total officers above grade of major general at 17 in the Air Corps and 27 not in the Air Corps.</li> <li>Exempted from caps general officers serving as Chief of Staff to the President or specifically authorized by act of Congress to hold appointments to diplomatic or civil offices.</li> <li>Authorized retirement in highest rank held on active duty.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of June 29, 1948 [Army and Air Force Vitalization and Retirement Equalization Act of 1948] </td> <td> 62 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-62-1085">1085</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Authorized promotion on the retired list of Regular Army and Regular Air Force officers to the highest temporary grades in which they served satisfactorily for at least six months between September 6, 1940, and June 30, 1946 (<a href="/wiki/George_Brett_(military)" class="mw-redirect" title="George Brett (military)">George H. Brett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ira_C._Eaker" title="Ira C. Eaker">Ira C. Eaker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_L._George" title="Harold L. George">Harold L. George</a>).</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of October 12, 1949 [Career Compensation Act of 1949] </td> <td> 63 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-63-806">806</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Established pay grade O-8 for general, lieutenant general, and major general.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of May 5, 1954 [Officer Grade Limitation Act of 1954] </td> <td> 68 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-68-65">65</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Capped total number of general officers as a function of total commissioned officer strength.</li> <li>Capped total officers above grade of brigadier general at 50 percent of all general officers.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of May 20, 1958</td> <td> 72 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-72-124">124</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Established pay grade O-9 for lieutenant general.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of July 18, 1958 [Private Law 85-493] </td> <td> 72 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-72-A67">A67</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Authorized promotion of <a href="/wiki/Claire_Lee_Chennault" title="Claire Lee Chennault">Claire L. Chennault</a> to lieutenant general on the retired list.</li></ul> </td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td>Act of September 16, 1959 [Private Law 86-177] </td> <td> 73 <a href="/wiki/United_States_Statutes_at_Large" title="United States Statutes at Large">Stat.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://legislink.org/us/stat-73-A77">A77</a> </td> <td> <ul><li>Authorized appointment of <a href="/wiki/Elwood_R._Quesada" class="mw-redirect" title="Elwood R. Quesada">Elwood R. Quesada</a> to lieutenant general on the retired list the day after he ceases to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency or the day before his death, whichever is earlier.</li></ul> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general_(United_States)" title="Lieutenant general (United States)">Lieutenant general (United States)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_officers_in_the_United_States" title="General officers in the United States">General officers in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_four-star_generals" title="List of United States Air Force four-star generals">List of United States Air Force four-star generals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Army_before_1960" title="List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960">List of lieutenant generals in the United States Army before 1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_vice_admirals_on_active_duty_before_1960" title="List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960">List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Marine_Corps_lieutenant_generals_on_active_duty_before_1960" title="List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals on active duty before 1960">List of United States Marine Corps lieutenant generals on active duty before 1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2000_to_2009" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009">List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2000 to 2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_from_2010_to_2019" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019">List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals from 2010 to 2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_Air_Force_lieutenant_generals_since_2020" title="List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals since 2020">List of United States Air Force lieutenant generals since 2020</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_lieutenant_generals_in_the_United_States_Air_Force_before_1960&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-names-1"><a href="#cite_ref-names_1-0">^</a> The list of lieutenant generals is taken from DuPre; the 1947 World Almanac, pp. 809–810; the Army Register; and the Air Force Register. </li> <li id="cite_note-dateofrank-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dateofrank_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-dateofrank_2-1">b</a> Dates of rank are taken from the Army Register or Air Force Register. </li> <li id="cite_note-datevacated-3">^ <a href="#cite_ref-datevacated_3-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-datevacated_3-1">b</a> Dates vacated are taken from the Army Register or Air Force Register. An officer could vacate the active-duty rank of lieutenant general via death, retirement, resignation, promotion to a higher permanent grade, or reversion to a lower permanent grade upon relinquishing an office bearing the statutory rank of lieutenant general. </li> <li id="cite_note-numberofyears-4">^ <a href="#cite_ref-numberofyears_4-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-numberofyears_4-1">b</a> The number of years on active duty as lieutenant general is taken to be the number of days rounded to the nearest whole year and excluding any gaps in appointment. </li> <li id="cite_note-bionotes-5">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bionotes_5-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-bionotes_5-1">b</a> Biographical notes include years of birth and death; dates of promotion to higher permanent grade; and other unusual career events such as death in office or resignation. Dates are taken from DuPre, the Army Register, or the Air Force Register. </li> <li id="cite_note-usa-6">^ <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-1">b</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-2">c</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-3">d</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-4">e</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-5">f</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-6">g</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-7">h</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-8">i</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-9">j</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-10">k</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-11">l</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-12">m</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-13">n</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-14">o</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-15">p</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-16">q</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-17">r</a> <a href="#cite_ref-usa_6-18">s</a> Transferred from <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a>, 26 Sep 1947. </li> <li id="cite_note-emmons-7"><a href="#cite_ref-emmons_7-0">^</a> Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Hawaiian_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawaiian Department">Hawaiian Department</a>, with rank of lieutenant general, 17 Dec 1941–1 Jun 1943. </li> <li id="cite_note-andrews-8"><a href="#cite_ref-andrews_8-0">^</a> Commanding General, <a href="/wiki/Panama_Canal_Department" title="Panama Canal Department">Panama Canal Department</a>, with rank of lieutenant general, 19 Sep 1941–9 Nov 1942. </li> <li id="cite_note-brett-9"><a href="#cite_ref-brett_9-0">^</a> Retired as major general, 30 Apr 1945; recalled as lieutenant general, 1 May 1945–10 May 1946; promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list, 29 Jun 1948. </li> <li id="cite_note-disability-10">^ <a href="#cite_ref-disability_10-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-disability_10-1">b</a> Retired as lieutenant general for disability in line of duty. </li> <li id="cite_note-jun29-11">^ <a href="#cite_ref-jun29_11-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-jun29_11-1">b</a> Retired as major general; promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list, 29 Jun 1948. </li> <li id="cite_note-eaker-12"><a href="#cite_ref-eaker_12-0">^</a> Retired as major general, 31 Aug 1947; promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list, 29 Jun 1948; promoted to general on the retired list, 26 Apr 1985. </li> <li id="cite_note-doolittle-13"><a href="#cite_ref-doolittle_13-0">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Reserve_Command" title="Air Force Reserve Command">Army Air Corps Reserve</a>. Appointed brigadier general in the Regular Army, 14 Mar 1946; reverted to inactive reserve status as lieutenant general, 10 May 1946; resigned as Regular Army brigadier general, 22 Jul 1946; recalled to active duty as lieutenant general, 20 Aug–3 Sep 1955, 16 Apr–14 Jun 1956, 31 Jan–14 Feb 1957, 14–20 Apr 1957; retired as lieutenant general, 28 Feb 1959; promoted to general on the retired list, 4 Apr 1985. </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a> Retired as major general, 30 Dec 1946; promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list, 29 Jun 1948; recalled as lieutenant general, 1 Mar 1955–4 Nov 1955. </li> <li id="cite_note-edwards-15"><a href="#cite_ref-edwards_15-0">^</a> Recalled as major general, 3 Feb 1954–9 Mar 1954. </li> <li id="cite_note-quesada-16"><a href="#cite_ref-quesada_16-0">^</a> Retired as lieutenant general, 31 Oct 1951; resigned, 30 Oct 1958, to accept appointment as Administrator, <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Agency</a>; reappointed lieutenant general on the retired list, 21 Jan 1961. </li> <li id="cite_note-hubertharmon-17"><a href="#cite_ref-hubertharmon_17-0">^</a> Retired as lieutenant general, 27 Feb 1953; recalled as lieutenant general, 28 Feb 1953–30 Jun 1953 and 8 Nov 1953–31 Jul 1956. </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a> Recess appointment as lieutenant general, 20 Dec 1951; nominated as lieutenant general, 10 Jan 1952, to date from recess appointment; reverted to major general, 30 May 1952; reappointed lieutenant general, 1 May 1953. </li> <li id="cite_note-barcus-19"><a href="#cite_ref-barcus_19-0">^</a> Reverted to major general, 1 Jun 1953; reappointed lieutenant general, 26 Jul 1954–1 Aug 1960. </li> <li id="cite_note-landon-20"><a href="#cite_ref-landon_20-0">^</a> Reverted to major general, 20 Jun 1956–1 Jun 1959; reappointed lieutenant general, with date of rank 12 May 1957. </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a> Retired as captain, 30 Apr 1937; promoted to major general on the retired list, 29 Jun 1943; promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list, 11 Jul 1958, by Private Law 85-493. </li> <li id="cite_note-1940-09-09-22"><a href="#cite_ref-1940-09-09_22-0">^</a> Army Register; Acts of July 31, 1940, and September 9, 1940. </li> <li id="cite_note-temporary-23"><a href="#cite_ref-temporary_23-0">^</a> Army Register; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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