MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS: Graduated from US Army Air Corps Flying School, Ellington, Texas, Class 42D in 1942. Assigned to 56th Fighter Group as fighter pilot, 1942. Unit sent to European Theatre of Operations, Dec. 1942. Entered combat in early 1943, as wing man flying P-47 Thunderbolts. Completed combat tour with 56th Fighter Group as a flight leader.



Did second combat tour as Commander 360th Fighter Squadron, 356th Fighter Group. Led squadron over beachhead at Normandy on first day of Overlord operation, Completed second tour as a Major after participating in B-17/24 escort, close troop support, and interdiction missions. Participated in Amam-Neimagen air assault operations. Destroyed 8 enemy aircraft in aerial combat.



Assigned commander, U. S. Army Air Base, Recife, Brazil, 1945. Terminated military service to graduate from Yale University, 1946-47. Brought back in Air Force as regular officer in 1947. Assigned as intelligence officer, Air Defense Command, Mitchell Air Field, New York, 1947-49. Assigned School of International Affairs, Columbia University, 1949-50, Received Master of International Affairs degree.



Assigned as Assistant to JCS member of Senior Staff of the National Security Council, White House, Washington, DC, 1951-55, in the grade of Lt. Colonel. Assigned as Assistant Deputy for Plans and Operations, Far East Air Forces, Tokyo, Japan, 1955-57, in the grade of Colonel.



Assigned as Special Assistant to Chief of Staff, Pacific Command, 1957-58. Attended Harvard Center for International Affairs, 1959-60. Assigned as Air Force Planner to JCS, 1960-62.



Assigned as Chief of Policy Planning Staff, ISA, OSD, 196265, in the grade of Brigadier General. Assigned as Deputy for Plans and Operations, Pacific Air Forces (Maj. Gen. ), 1965-68. Assigned as Assist. Deputy Plans and Operations, HQ. USAF, 1968-69. Assigned as J-3, and, subsequently, Director, Joint Staff, JCS, 1969-72, in the grade of Lieutenant General.



Assigned to Vietnam as Commander, 7th Air Force, April 1972, in the grade of General. Assigned additional duty as Deputy NMCV in May 1972. Conducted air operations throughout Southeast Asia, including Linebackers I and 11, until cease-fire agreement.



Assigned as Commander United States Support Activities Group, Thailand, 1973, Retained 7th Air Force Command. Conducted combat air operations in Laos and Cambodia until bombing halt in August 1973. Assigned as Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), 1973-74.



Assigned as Commander in Chief U. S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) and Commander 4th Allied Tactical Air Force (NATO), 1974. Assigned as Commander Allied Air Forces Central Europe NATO, 1975. Retired from Air Force, September 1975.





POST-RETIREMENT ACTIVITY: Served as consultant to Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, 1976-77. Served as member of Team B, tasked by President Reagan to evaluate U.S. National Intelligence Estimates, 1976-77. Served as consultant to Abington Corp., Pan Heuristics, Hudson Institute, BDM Corp., Systems Planning Corp., and R&D Associates, 1976-1985.



Member of panel reviewing Air Force missile program, 1979. Member of task force to review Rapid Deployment Force Capabilities and Requirements for Director, Defense Research and Engineering, OSD, 1980. Defense advisor to Governor Reagan, 1980.



Member President-Elect Reagan Defense Transition Team, 1981. Member of R& D panel, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, 1982. Member, Department of Defense Policy Panel, Strategic Defense Initiative program (SDI), 1984-87. Member, Army Science Board, 1987-89, Consultant to Deputy Secretary of Defense, Policy, 1985-92. Member, Secretary of Defense's Policy Advisory Board, 1985-94. Member, Military Advisory Panel to Director Central Intelligence, 1985-94.



Retired to Florida, August 1994. EDUCATION: Bachelor of Arts degree, Yale University, 1947. Master of International Affairs Degree, Columbia University, 1950 Fellow, Harvard Center for International Affairs, 1959.



Awards during WWII: SS, DFC (4OLC), PH, AM (3OLC), ADSM, ACM, EAME Campaign Medal (4xbronze stars), WW II Victory Medal



Post WW II Awards: DSM (2OLC-AF design), DSM (Army Design), LOM, BSM, JSCM, NDSM (1star), VSM (1star) and several foreign decorations



8 air. 1 Me109-Aug 19 43. 1 Me110-Oct 04 43. 1 FW 190-Oct 20 43. 1 Me110-Feb 21 44. 1 Me110-Feb 22 44. 1 FW 190-May 19 44. 2 Me109s-Aug 04 44.