Event class: air force, air, base, command, assigned, commander, staff, operations, headquarters, chief

Events with high posterior probability

Antonio J. Ramos	In August 1994, Ramos would return to Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base to be the Inspector General.
Lawrence A. Skantze	In August 1982 General Skantze was named deputy chief of staff for research, development and acquisition at Air Force headquarters.
James M. Breedlove	General Breedlove was transferred to Thailand in June 1969 as vice commander of the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, and assumed command of the wing in December 1969.
Frank O'Driscoll Hunter	He returned to the United States in December 1940 and was stationed at Orlando Army Air Base, Fla., as Commanding Officer of the 23rd Composite Group.
Duane H. Cassidy	In September 1968 he was assigned to the Republic of Vietnam, serving first with 7th Air Force's Tactical Air Control Center and then with the Military Assistance Command's Vietnam Directorate of Public Affairs as an air briefer to the Saigon press corps.
Kenneth J. Gray	During World War II, he served from January 1943 as a crew chief with the Twelfth Air Force in North Africa.
Marion L. Boswell	In February 1968 he went to Southeast Asia as vice commander of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Da Nang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.
Douglas T. Jacobson	He then reenlisted in the United States Marine Corps on April 22, 1946, and was retained at District Headquarters Recruiting Station, Washington, D. C., as a recruiting sergeant.
James Jabara	In 1965, Jabara was given command of the 31st Tactical Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Force Base, Florida.
Michael Dugan (general)	He flew A-1s during 1967, from Pleiku Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, and Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.
James V. Hartinger	In 1968, Hartinger was the F-111 test director at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and then took command of the famed'' Flying Tigers,'' the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing, flying F-105 Thunderchief s at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas.
Joseph J. Nazzaro	In June 1955, Nazzaro was appointed commander of Strategic Air Command's 15th Air Division in Morocco.
John T. Chain, Jr.	He entered the National War College in 1970 and upon graduation was assigned to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona as deputy commander for operations.
Bryce Poe II	Following his graduation in July 1965, he served as chief, Plans Group, Office of Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D. C.
Jack G. Merrell	From that post he went to the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, where he graduated in 1954.
Jack J. Catton	In February 1964 he was assigned to Headquarters U. S. Air Force as director of operational requirements, deputy chief of staff for programs and requirements (later reorganized as Operational Requirements and Development Plans, Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development).
Theodore S. Coberly	He returned to Washington, D. C., in August 1968 for a tour of duty with the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as deputy director for operations, National Military Command Center.
Thomas M. Ryan, Jr.	In March 1969 he was assigned to the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, as a maintenance control officer and later as chief of maintenance.
Leroy J. Manor	In June 1964, Colonel Manor was assigned to Headquarters US Air Force in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, where he served successively in the Directorate of Operations as Chief, Plans and Capabilities Branch ; Chief, Analysis of Southeast Asia Operations Study Group ; and as Chief, Operations Review Group.
Arthur C. Agan, Jr.	Until early 1942 he served in various squadron duties as pilot, flight commander and operations officer at Barksdale Field, Louisiana, and Savannah Army Air Field, Georgia.
Richard Horner Thompson	In July 1973, he was reassigned to HQDA as Director of Logistics Plans, Operations and Systems, DCSLOG.
James P. Hagerstrom	In 1965, during the Vietnam War, he was sent to Vietnam to work for the Seventh Air Force.
Jarvis Lynch	Lynch transferred overseas in July 1962, where he served for a year as an Assistant Operations Officer, 3d Marine Division, on Okinawa.
Thomas S. Moorman	From May 1943 until December 1943, General Moorman was commanding officer of the 21st Weather Squadron, first at Bradley Field, Connecticut, and later in England.
Winston P. Wilson	In September 1942, he was assigned to the staff at Headquarters, United States Army Air Forces in Washington, D. C.
William L. Kirk	In July 1980 Kirk returned to Air Force headquarters as director of electronic combat, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations.
George H. McKee	He transferred to Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia, in April 1949 with the 2d Bombardment Group.
H. M. Darmstandler	In February 1954 Darmstandler moved to Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina, where he served as operations and training inspector under the inspector general, Eighteenth Air Force.
Henry J. Stehling	In 1948 he transferred to the Air Force and was stationed at Tyndall Air Force Base, Pinecastle Air Force Base, and Randolph Air Force Base.
Robert F. Travis	In March 1939, Travis went to the 72d Bombardment Squadron at Hickam Field, Hawaii, to serve as operations officer and a flight commander.
Robert C. Richardson III	In September 1941, he was transferred to the 52nd Fighter Group, Selfridge Field, Michigan, served as squadron commander and group operations officer flying P-40 Warhawk pursuit aircraft, and went with the Group to Norfolk, Virginia, and Florence, South Carolina.
Joseph J. Went	During June 1984, MajGen Went reported to Headquarters Marine Corps where he was assigned as Deputy Chief of Staff for Reserve Affairs.
Bernard E. Trainor	In 1969, Trainor attended the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Stephen Thorne (astronaut)	He completed F-18 Hornet transition training in October 1984 and joined Strike Fighter Squadron 132 (VFA-132) aboard until departing for NASA.
Thomas R. Morgan	He served as Personnel Officer and Aircraft Maintenance Officer of Marine Fighter Squadron 333 until November 1961.
Henry Bartholomay	After receiving his Wings of Gold in 1969 at Kingsville, Texas, LTJG Bartholomay was assigned to the replacement F-4 Phantom Air Wing in San Diego, California and then to Fighter Squadron 161, Carrier Air Group 5 aboard USS Midway.
Jack J. Catton	When he assumed command of the 817th Air Division at Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire, in July 1959, he was the youngest brigadier general in the Air Force.
Joe Engle	After serving as a test pilot in the Fighter Test Group at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Engle was a test pilot in the X-15 research program at Edwards from June 1963 until his assignment to the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center.
Robert William Strong, Jr.	In August 1942, he went to Topeka, Kansas where he trained 333rd Bomb Group and the same year moved to Salina, Kansas where he did the same thing with the 346th Bomb Group.
Henry Viccellio Jr.	He then became deputy chief of staff for logistics at Tactical Air Command headquarters, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia until April 1989.
Grandison Gardner	Entering the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Alabama, in August 1932, Gardner graduated the following June and remained there as an instructor.
Jack K. Gamble	Gamble became commander of the 25th North American Air Defense Command / Continental Air Defense Command Region with headquarters at McChord Air Force Base, Washington, in March 1972, with additional duties as commander, 25th Air Division.
James M. Keck	He was transferred to Strategic Air Command Headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., in February 1968 as deputy chief of staff, comptroller and later became assistant deputy chief of staff for operations.
Peter D. Williams	In August 1971, he transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, for duty as Flight Instructor in the A-4 Skyhawk.
Jack J. Catton	In July 1966 he was transferred to the Office of the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Resources as the director of Aerospace Programs, with additional duties as chairman of the Air Staff Board.
Kevin P. Chilton	Subsequently assigned to the 9th and 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron s at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, Chilton served as an F-15 squadron weapons officer, instructor pilot, and flight commander until 1984 when selected for the U. S. Air Force Test Pilot School.
Don S. Wenger	In 1949 he was assigned to Chanute Air Force Base.
Ira C. Eaker	In September 1926, he was named operations and line maintenance officer at Bolling Field, Washington, D. C.
Larry D. Welch	Upon graduation from the National War College in July 1972, he was assigned to Tactical Air Command, where he served in wing deputy commander for operations, vice commander and wing commander positions.
Richard Stephen Ritchie	Assigned to the 480th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam in 1968, Ritchie flew the first'' Fast FAC'' mission in the F-4 forward air controller program and was instrumental in the spread and success of the program.
Marion L. Boswell	In July 1961 he became deputy commander for operations, 97th Bombardment Wing, Blytheville Air Force Base, Ark.
Rita Aragon	In February 1989, then Captain Aragon became the first female commander in the history of the Oklahoma Air National Guard when she assumed command of the 137th Services Squadron at Will Rogers World Airport Air National Guard Base.
Clayton Lawrence Bissell	In November 1921, he was ordered to Washington for duty in the office of the Chief of the Air Service, as assistant to Brigadier General William Mitchell, serving in that capacity for four years.
Vernon E. Megee	He remained with the 3d Marine Aircraft Wing as they got established at Marine Corps Air Station Ewa in May 1944.
Julien J. LeBourgeois	In August 1955, he moved to the Current Intelligence Branch of the Joint Staff in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Randy Jayne	Joining the District of Columbia ANG in 1977, he flew the F-105 Thunderchief and served as the 121st Fighter Squadron Operations Officer.
Wayne E. Meyer	In September 1983, Meyer was reassigned as Deputy Commander, Weapons and Combat Systems, Naval Sea Systems Command.
Donald Norton Yates	in 1960 Yates was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed Deputy Director of Defense Research & Engineering (Ranges and Space Ground Support) at the Pentagon.
Timothy F. O'Keefe	He returned to the United States in January 1952 and was commander of Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, until December when he entered the Advanced Instrument Flying School at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia.
Richard C. Mangrum	Later, he was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal with Combat'' V'' as First Marine Aircraft Wing Liaison Officer to Headquarters, 5th Air Force in Seoul, Korea in 1952.
Lewie G. Merritt	Merritt commanded an observation squadron in Haiti and attended the Army Air Corps Tactical School ; in 1941 he was assigned as commander for air, Fleet Marine Force Pacific where he was responsible for establishing the 2d Marine Air Wing in Hawaii and bolstering defenses at Wake and Midway Islands.
Wally Schirra	He attended the United States Naval Test Pilot School at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland, graduating in 1958.
Victor Groom	In August 1945 he became Air Officer Administration at Headquarters Flying Training Command.
Lynwood E. Clark	In February 1954 he went to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and served in various flying and staff assignments at wing level.
William P. Acker	When the unit moved to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, in August 1964, General Acker became a squadron operations officer and later director of operations and training for the 4453rd Combat Crew Training Wing.
Charles G. Cleveland	In May 1966 he transferred to the Republic of Vietnam as executive assistant to General William Westmoreland, commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.
Harold Bartron	In August 1947 he was assigned to Air Materiel Command headquarters, Dayton, Ohio.
Jack G. Merrell	In May 1944 he went to England and became the air executive officer of the 491st Bombardment Group and later was commander of the 389th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force.
Ronald J. Grabe	He subsequently flew F-100 aircraft with the 27th Tactical Fighter Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, and in 1969 was assigned as an F-100 pilot with the 3d Tactical Fighter Wing at Bien Hoa Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam where he flew 200 combat missions.
George J. Eade	Eade began a long tour of duty with the Strategic Air Command in August 1946, when he joined the 43d Bombardment Wing at Davis-Monthan Army Air Field, Arizona, as a pilot of B-29 aircraft.
George Lee Butler	After graduation, he attended F-4 combat crew training school and was assigned in March 1968 to the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam.
James B. Davis (general)	In July 1966 he moved to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters U. S. Air Force, Washington, D. C., as an action officer in the Special Actions Branch.
William Crumm	In October 1958, Crumm transferred to Headquarters, U. S. Air Force in Washington, D. C. as chief of the Strategic Division, reporting to the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations.
James Ferguson (general)	He returned to the United States and served as deputy commander of the Ninth Air Force of the Tactical Air Command at Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina, and later at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina In July 1955, General Ferguson began a series of assignments which have kept him in the vicinity of Washington, D. C., for more than 14 years.
Thomas Patrick Gerrity	Gerrity was transferred to the Air Materiel Command in August 1957 and assumed command of the Oklahoma City Air Materiel Area at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
William F. McKee	In December 1946 he transferred to Headquarters U. S. Air Force in Europe at Wiesbaden, Germany, and the following month became commanding general of the Headquarters Command of USAFE at Wiesbaden.
Robert Merrill Lee	When he returned to the United States in July 1957, he became commander of the Ninth Air Force, Tactical Air Command, with headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.
Frederick M. Trapnell	In February 1951, he was promoted to rear admiral and became - in March - deputy commander of both Sandia Base and the Field Command Armed Forces Special Weapons Project at Albuquerque, New Mexico.
John A. Shaud	In October 1981 Shaud returned to Air Force headquarters, where he served as deputy director of plans and, later, director of plans in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations.
Curtis Scaparrotti	He served as the chief of Army Initiatives Group in the Deputy Chief of Staff's Office for Plans and Operations in Washington, D. C. in 1998.
Grandison Gardner	In July 1951 he was accepted Chairman of the Joint Air Defense Board at Washington, D. C., and the following month went to Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colo., as director of the Joint Air Defense Board.
Harry C. Aderholt	He was recalled to active duty in October 1973 and assigned as deputy commander, United States Military Assistance Command, Thailand, and deputy chief, Joint United States Military Advisory Group, Thailand, with headquarters at Bangkok.
Robert Crippen	Upon graduation he remained at Edwards as an instructor until his selection for the US Air Force Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) spaceflight program in October 1966.
Duane D. Hackney	Upon his return from Vietnam in 1967, Hackney was deployed to the 41st Aerospace Rescue & Recovery Squadron (41st ARRS) at Hamilton Air Force Base, in Marin County, California.
Adriel N. Williams	General Williams assumed duties as director of Transportation, Headquarters U. S. Air Force in Washington, D. C. in August 1966.
William Y. Smith	In October 1973 Smith transferred to Air Force headquarters and served as director of doctrine, concepts and objectives in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations.
Thomas R. Morgan	On June 13, 1985, he was advanced to lieutenant general and assumed the duty as Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans, Policies and Operations.
Marc H. Sasseville	On September 11, 2001, Sasseville was the acting operations group commander under the 113th Wing of the DC Air National Guard.
Francis H. Griswold	He went to the Pacific in July 1945 as commanding general of the 301st Fighter Wing on Okinawa, and the following October returned to the United States.
Marion L. Boswell	He returned to the United States and in June 1969 assumed command of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.
William P. Acker	Graduating in May 1971, he became chief of the Officer Management Division, Directorate of Personnel Resources, Air Force Military Personnel Center, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
Edmund F. O'Connor	O'Connor was appointed vice commander, Air Force Logistics Command, with headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in October 1973.
Charles C. McDonald	Returning to the United States, he entered Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, graduating in May 1973.
Jeanette I. Sustad	In May 1945, she was assigned as Communications Watch Officer at the Marine Corps Air Station, Oahu, Hawaii, and served in that capacity until she was assigned to inactive duty status in December 1945.
Jimmie V. Adams	After graduation from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in July 1978, Adams served as deputy chief, then as chief, of the Tactical Requirements Division, Headquarters U. S. Air Force, Washington, D. C.
Kevin P. Chilton	In August 2004, Chilton assumed the dual duties of Commander, Eighth Air Force (8 AF) and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space and Global Strike (JFCC SGS) at Barksdale AFB, Louisiana.
Michael Foreman (astronaut)	He graduated in June 1990 and was assigned to the Force Warfare Aircraft Test Directorate.
Michael J. Ingelido	He returned to the United States in 1949 for assignment with the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group in Washington, D. C..
Clyde Cowan	He returned to the United States in 1945, and worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio.
Delmar T. Spivey	In April 1942, Lt. Col. Spivey assumed command of the Fixed Gunnery School at Eglin Field, and in February 1942 was named commander of the Central Instructors School and Flexible Gunnery School at Buckingham Field, Fort Myers, Florida.