Robert C. Hinson

Robert C. Hinson is a retired lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.

Career

Hinson originally enlisted in the Air Force before being commissioned an officer in 1971.^[1] From 1973 to 1977, he served as a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress co-pilot, aircraft commander and instructor pilot with the 97th Bombardment Wing at Blytheville Air Force Base, AR.

Hinson served as air staff training program officer on the

General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B training at Plattsburgh Air Force Base. From 1979 to 1982, he served as a F-111B pilot, instructor pilot and flight evaluator with the 529th Bombardment Squadron. After serving with Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Hinson assumed command of the 529th Bombardment Squadron before being reassigned as deputy commander for operations of the 380th Bombardment Wing

.

From 1989 to 1991, Hinson was assigned to the Office of the

Langley Air Force Base. The following year, Hinson returned to Ellsworth Air Force Base as installation commander and also assumed command of the 28th Bomb Wing

.

After serving as commander of the

Vandenberg Air Force Base

.

In 2000, he returned to Offutt Air Force Base as deputy commander-in-chief of United States Strategic Command. He then returned to Air Force Space Command as vice commander in 2002. Hinson's retirement was effective as of September 1, 2003. As a civilian, he has worked as an executive with Northrop Grumman.^[2]

Awards he received during his military career include the

Organizational Excellence Award, the Combat Readiness Medal with oak leaf cluster, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal with service star

.

Education

University of Tennessee
Arkansas State University
John F. Kennedy School of Government – Harvard University

References

^ "Lieutenant General Robert C. Hinson". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
^ "Bob Hinson". Northrop Grumman. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

[1] "Lieutenant General Robert C. Hinson". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

[2] "Bob Hinson". Northrop Grumman. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

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