John W. Roberts

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John W. Roberts
366th Tactical Fighter Wing
Director Tactical Air Control Center
Air Training Command[1]
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Cold War
Korean War
Vietnam War

John Wendell Roberts (January 1, 1921 – January 8, 1999) was a

The George Washington University. He was also a graduate of the Air Command and Staff College and the National War College
.

Biography

Early life

A native of

Luke Field, Arizona.[1]

General John W. Roberts

Two years later, he was reassigned to a fighter wing in Germany. In April 1949, he returned to instructor pilot duties in the

F-86 Sabre aircraft. While in Korea, he served as flight commander and squadron operations officer.[1]

In 1954, he received his first of three assignments to Headquarters Air Training Command. His assignment was as an operations staff officer. In 1957, he commanded the 3529th Combat Crew Training Squadron at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, and in November of that year returned to Headquarters Air Training Command again as an operations staff officer.[1]

Later career

In August 1958, Roberts served with Headquarters

12th Air Force at Waco, Texas, first as an operations officer and later as chief of the Combat Crew Directorate. He was transferred to Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, in September 1961.[1]

Following graduation from the

Naval Observatory.[1]

In October 1967, he became vice commander,

366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam. After 10 months at Da Nang, he moved to Headquarters Seventh Air Force, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, where he was the director of the Tactical Air Control Center.[1]

In August 1970, General Roberts returned to

Washington D.C., where he served in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, as deputy director of personnel planning, and later director, personnel plans. He became the deputy chief of staff, personnel, in October 1973. For his contributions to Air Force personnel resource programs management, he was awarded the 1975 Eugene M. Zuckert Management Award.[1]

He became the commander of the Air Training Command in August 1975.[2] He was promoted to the rank of general on March 29, 1977, with the same date of rank.

He retired two years and two days later on March 31, 1977.[1] Reflecting on his career, he said about his failures, "I crashed two aircraft when I was a captain, a B-25 and later an F-86. Both were pilot error. I cracked up the F-86 in the woods in Michigan where the only thing left after the crash were the engine and me."[3]

Awards

Awards earned during his career:[1]

References

Public Domain This article incorporates public domain material from the Air Force Historical Research Agency

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "GENERAL JOHN W. ROBERTS". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 12 December 2012. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  2. ^ "Air Education and Training Command (USAF)". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
  3. Air War College
    Gateway to the Internet. Retrieved 28 December 2010.

External links

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