Sanford K. Moats
Sanford K. Moats | |
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Lieutenant General | |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Awards | Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters |
Lieutenant General Sanford Kenneth Moats (born December 4, 1921) is an American Air Force
Biography
Moats was born in 1921, in
Moats went to England in 1944 as a P-51 Mustang pilot. During his service in the European Theater of Operations, he flew 89 combat missions with a total of 367 combat hours and qualified as an ace. Moats participated in repelling the German Luftwaffe's Operation Bodenplatte.
In 1945 he was transferred to the Pacific area for duty with the U.S. Army Air Forces and returned later that year to Army Air Forces headquarters in Washington, D.C. In 1947 he again went overseas and was assigned to the 81st Fighter Wing at Wheeler Field, Hawaii. Following exchange duty in 1950 with the
Moats was assigned in September 1955 to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C., where he was chief of the Civil Branch, Community Relations Division. In December 1957 he assumed command of the 60th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at
Moats attended the Military Assistance Institute and in March 1963 was assigned to the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Republic of China, in Taipei.
In July 1965 he became vice commander of the
Moats was assigned as vice commander, Tenth Air Force, at
Moats returned to Europe in September 1970 as chief of the Joint U.S. Military Group-Military Assistance Advisory Group, Spain, and in October 1972 assumed command of Sixteenth Air Force.
On August 20, 1973, he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed commander of the Sixth Allied Tactical Air Force with headquarters at Izmir, Turkey. He became vice commander, of Tactical Air Command, Langley Air Force Base, Va., in September 1975. Moats retired on July 1, 1977.
His military decorations and awards include the
Moats' hometown is Mission, Kansas.
References
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