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Timothy Joseph Maude (November 18, 1947 – September 11, 2001) was a United States Army lieutenant general who was killed in the September 11 attacks at the Pentagon.. Maude was the highest ranking U.S. military officer killed in the September 11 attacks and the most senior United States Army officer killed by foreign action since the death of Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. on ...
Sixteenth Air Force (16 AF)'s original ancestor was the Joint United States Military Group, Air Administration (Spain), which was established on 20 May 1954. It was attached to the Joint U.S. Military Group, which oversaw implementation of the 1953 Spanish-American Defense Cooperation Agreement.
The Texas Military Forces Museum (officially the Brigadier General John C.L. Scribner Texas Military Forces Museum) is a history museum in Austin, Texas. It is hosted by the Texas Military Department at Camp Mabry and is part of the United States Army Historical Program. [2] [3] It is open to the public Tuesday-Sunday from 10am-4pm CST ...
The Air Force Historical Studies Office summarizes the execution of USAAF strategy during World War II: [44] "Arnold's staff made the first priority in the war to launch a strategic bombing offensive in support of the RAF against Germany. The Eighth Air Force, sent to England in 1942, took on that job.
The 56th Fighter Group is credited by the Air Force Historical Research Agency with the destruction of 665.5 aircraft in air-to-air combat, the 56th Fighter Group had more air-to-air kills than any other fighter group in the Eighth Air Force, was the top-scoring Republic P-47 Thunderbolt group during World War II, and recorded the second ...
General; commander of the 90th Attack Squadron; commander of the Twelfth Air Force and the Ninth Air Force; Director of Central Intelligence; Air Force Chief of Staff; recipient of two Army Distinguished Service Medals and the Silver Star; Vandenberg Air Force Base is named for him; the Navy vessel USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg (T-AGM-10) was ...
Towards the end of 1942, there was a need to unify command of the Allied forces in North Africa, since those from the west, the British First Army, under the command of Lieutenant-General Kenneth Anderson, landed during Operation Torch, and those from the east, the British Eighth Army, commanded by Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery, that ...
The commanding general of United States Army Europe and Africa (CG USAREUR-AF) [a] was formerly known as the commander-in-chief of United States Army Europe (CINCUSAREUR). [ b ] Prior to 8 May 1945 the official title was Commander, European Theater of Operations, United States Army .