He has served in a number of leadership positions including Commander of the 160th Fighter Squadron, Commander of the 187th Fighter Wing, Deputy Director of the Air National Guard, Defense Attache in Turkey, Assistant Adjutant General of the Alabama National Guard, and Commander of the First Air Force.
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Today, the 127th Wing is a part of the USA's national defense, being part of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command's First Air Force.
Its last assignment was with Continental Air Forces, assigned to First Air Force, being stationed at Newark Municipal Airport, New Jersey.
In the build-up of the Army prior to the United States' entry into World War II and the establishment of the United States Army Air Forces, the 73d Observation Group was established at the airfield in November 1941, assigned to First Air Force.
Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).
When World War II began, he became an assistant chief of staff for the Anti-Submarine Command in New York City where he also became deputy chief of staff for the First Air Force at Mitchel Field, New York in October 1943.
Most of these airfields were under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (a predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).
The one airfield was under the command of First Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air Education and Training Command).
Additionally, wing personnel manage the southeastern air combat maneuvering instrumentation range and provide mission-ready F-15, F-16 and F-22 air dominance forces in support of the Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Commander, First Air Force (1 AF) / Air Forces Northern (AFNORTH) contingency plans.
The mission of First Air Force was changed in early 1942 to the defense of the Atlantic Seaboard, and jurisdiction of Baer Field was transferred to III Bomber Command, Third Air Force in March 1942.
In 1979, he was the first Air Force enlisted recipient of the US Jaycees Ten Outstanding Young Men of America.