Carlos Talbott

Carlos M. Talbott
Carlos M. Talbott
	Lieutenant General

Carlos Maurice Talbott (January 28, 1920 – February 26, 2015) was a

lieutenant general and was vice commander in chief of the Pacific Air Forces, headquartered at Hickam Air Force Base.^[1]

Education

Born in

George Washington University

in 1964.

Career

Talbott's first assignment was as a

operations officer

of the 368th Fighter Group.

In May 1945 he returned to the United States and was assigned to

General Staff in Washington, D.C.

He was then assigned to the Directorate of Training and Requirements, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.

Talbott went to

adviser with the American Mission for Aid to Turkey and, in December 1950, became executive officer for the U.S. Air Force Group. In April 1951 he returned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force as an operations staff officer in the Directorate of Operations, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations. In July 1954 Talbott became commander of the 322d Fighter Day Group at Foster Air Force Base, Texas. While in that position, he won the 1955 Bendix Trophy race flying a North American F-100 Super Sabre

C model.

From August 1957 to June 1958 Talbott attended the

Itazuke Air Base in July 1960. Talbott returned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in August 1962 as deputy chief of the Tactical Air Division, Directorate of Operational Requirements. In October 1962 he became chief of the Tactical Nuclear Branch in the Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

Special Studies Group.

Talbott assumed command of the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing at

Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base. In August 1969 he was assigned as vice commander of the Ninth Air Force with headquarters at Shaw Air Force Base. In July 1970 he again was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force as director of operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations. In August 1972 he returned to the Republic of Vietnam as director of operations, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, and deputy chief of staff, operations, Seventh Air Force. General Talbott was appointed vice commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, in April 1973. He was promoted to the grade of lieutenant general effective April 6, 1973 with the same date of rank

, and retired September 1, 1974.

Talbott was a

Republic of China, and the Air Force Wings

of Turkey, China and the Republic of Vietnam.