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AIR FORCE Magazine / May 2008 42 Strategic Air Command Gen. George C. Kenney Gen. Curtis E. LeMayGen. Thomas S. Power Gen. John D. Ryan Gen. Joseph J. NazzaroGen. Bruce K. Holloway Gen. John C. Meyer Gen. Russell E. Dougherty Gen. Richard H. EllisGen. Bennie L. DavisGen. Larry D. Welch Gen. John T. Chain Gen. George L. Butler Oct. 18, 1948June 30, 1957Nov. 30, 1964Jan. 31, 1967July 28, 1968April 30, 1972July 31, 1974July 31, 1977July 31, 1981July 31, 1985June 30, 1986Jan. 31, 1991June 1, 1992 March 21, 1946 Oct. 19, 1948July 1, 1957Dec. 1, 1964Feb. 1, 1967July 29, 1968May 1, 1972Aug. 1, 1974Aug. 1, 1977Aug. 1, 1981Aug. 1, 1985July 1, 1986Feb. 1, 1991 Established as Continental Air Forces Dec. 13, 1944. Redesignated Strategic Air Command March 21, 1946. Inactivated June 1, 1992. Tactical Air Command Established March 21, 1946. Reassigned to Continental Air Command (1948). Removed from CAC and returned to major command status Dec. 1, 1950. Inacti- vated June 1, 1992. Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada Maj. Gen. Robert M. Lee Maj. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus Gen. John K. CannonGen. Otto P. WeylandGen. Frank F. Everest Gen. Walter C. Sweeney Jr. Gen. Gabriel P. DisoswayGen. William W. Momyer Gen. Robert J. Dixon Gen. W.L. Creech Gen. Jerome F. O’Malley Gen. Robert D. Russ Gen. John Michael Loh March 21, 1946 Dec. 24, 1948July 17, 1950Jan. 25, 1951April 1, 1954Aug. 1, 1959 Oct. 1, 1961Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1968Oct. 1, 1973May 1, 1978Nov. 1, 1984May 22, 1985 March 27, 1991 Nov. 23, 1948June 20, 1950Jan. 25, 1951March 31, 1954 July 31, 1959Sept. 30, 1961July 31, 1965July 31, 1968Sept. 30, 1973April 30, 1978 Nov. 1, 1984 April 20, 1985 March 26, 1991 June 1, 1992 Activated as 8th Air Force (1942). Redesignated Eighth Air Force Sept. 18, 1942. Redesignated US Strategic Air Forces in Europe (1944). Redesignated USAFE Aug. 7, 1945. US Air Forces in Europe Brig. Gen. John F. McBlain (acting) Lt. Gen. Curtis E. LeMayLt. Gen. John K. Cannon Gen. Lauris Norstad Lt. Gen. William H. Tunner Gen. Frank F. Everest Gen. Frederic H. Smith Jr. Gen. Truman H. LandonGen. Gabriel P. DisoswayGen. Bruce K. HollowayGen. Maurice A. Preston Gen. Horace M. Wade Gen. Joseph R. Holzapple Gen. David C. Jones Gen. John W. Vogt Gen. Richard H. EllisGen. William J. Evans Gen. John W. Pauly Gen. Charles A. Gabriel Gen. Billy M. Minter Gen. Charles L. Donnelly Jr. Gen. William L. Kirk Gen. Michael J. Dugan Gen. Robert C. Oaks Gen. James L. JamersonGen. Richard E. Hawley Gen. Michael E. Ryan Lt. Gen. William J. Begert (acting) Gen. John P. Jumper Gen. Gregory S. Martin Gen. Robert H. Foglesong Gen. William T. Hobbins Lt. Gen. Robert D. Bishop (acting) Gen. Roger A. Brady Oct. 20, 1947Oct. 15, 1948Jan. 20, 1951July 26, 1953June 30, 1957July 31, 1959June 30, 1961July 31, 1963July 31, 1965July 31, 1966July 31, 1968Jan. 31, 1969Aug. 31, 1971June 30, 1974Aug. 31, 1975July 31, 1977 Aug. 1, 1978Aug. 1, 1980 June 30, 1982 Nov. 1, 1984May 1, 1987 April 12, 1989June 26, 1990July 29, 1994July 16, 1995 April 4, 1996Oct. 5, 1997Dec. 5, 1997Jan. 13, 2000Aug. 12, 2003Dec. 6, 2005Dec. 10, 2007Jan. 17, 2008 Aug. 14, 1947Oct. 20, 1947Oct. 16, 1948Jan. 21, 1951July 27, 1953 July 1, 1957Aug. 1, 1959July 1, 1961Aug. 1, 1963Aug. 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1966Aug. 1, 1968Feb. 1, 1969Sept. 1, 1971July 1, 1974Sept. 1, 1975Aug. 1, 1977Aug. 1, 1978Aug. 1, 1980July 1, 1982Nov. 1, 1984May 1, 1987April 12, 1989June 26, 1990July 29, 1994July 17, 1995 April 4, 1996Oct. 6, 1997Dec. 5, 1997Jan. 13, 2000Aug. 12, 2003Dec. 6, 2005Dec. 10, 2007Jan. 17, 2008 Activated as Panama Canal Air Force (1940). Redesignated Caribbean Air Force (1941). Redesignated 6th Air Force Feb. 5, 1942, then Sixth Air Force Sept. 18, 1942. Redesignated Caribbean Air Command July 31, 1946. Redesignated US Air Forces Southern Command July 8, 1963. Inactivated Jan. 1, 1976. US Air Forces Southern Command/Caribbean Maj. Gen. Hubert R. Harmon Brig. Gen. Glen C. Jamison (acting) Maj. Gen. Willis H. Hale Brig. Gen. Rosenham Beam Brig. Gen. Emil C. Kiel Maj. Gen. Reuben C. Hood Jr. Maj. Gen. Truman H. Landon Maj. Gen. Leland S. StranathanMaj. Gen. Robert A. Breitweiser Maj. Gen. Reginald J. Clizbe Maj. Gen. Kenneth O. SanbornMaj. Gen. Arthur G. SalisburyMaj. Gen. James M. Breedlove Oct. 3, 1947 Nov. 12, 1947Oct. 19, 1949Nov. 5, 1950June 10, 1953June 16, 1956June 1, 1959Sept. 8, 1963 July 9, 1966 June 14, 1968 April 7, 1972October 1974Jan. 1, 1976 July 31, 1946Oct. 4, 1947Nov. 13, 1947Oct. 20, 1949Nov. 6, 1950June 11, 1953June 20, 1956 Aug. 3, 1959 Sept. 11, 1963 Aug. 6, 1966 June 14, 1968 April 7, 1972October 1974 USAF Academy Superintendents Lt. Gen. Hubert R. HarmonMaj. Gen. James E. BriggsMaj. Gen. William S. StoneMaj. Gen. Robert H. Warren Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Moorman Sr. Lt. Gen. Albert P. ClarkLt. Gen. James R. Allen Lt. Gen. Kenneth L. TallmanMaj. Gen. Robert E. KelleyLt. Gen. Winfield W. Scott Jr. Lt. Gen. Charles R. HammLt. Gen. Bradley C. Hosmer Lt. Gen. Paul E. Stein Lt. Gen. Tad J. OelstromLt. Gen. John R. DallagerLt. Gen. John W. Rosa Jr. Lt. Gen. John F. Regni July 27, 1954July 28, 1956Aug. 17, 1959 July 1, 1962July 1, 1965Aug. 1, 1970Aug. 1, 1974 June 28, 1977June 16, 1981June 16, 1983June 26, 1987 July 1, 1991July 8, 1994Aug. 1, 1997June 9, 2000June 1, 2003Oct. 24, 2005 July 27, 1956Aug. 16, 1959June 30, 1962June 30, 1965July 31, 1970July 31, 1974June 27, 1977June 15, 1981June 15, 1983June 25, 1987 July 1, 1991July 7, 1994July 31, 1997June 9, 2000June 1, 2003Oct. 24, 2005 Pacific Air Forces Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge (acting) Gen. Otto P. Weyland Gen. Earle E. PartridgeGen. Laurence S. Kuter Gen. Emmett O’Donnell Jr. Gen. Jacob E. SmartGen. Hunter Harris Jr. Gen. John D. Ryan Gen. Joseph J. NazzaroGen. Lucius D. Clay Jr. Gen. John W. Vogt Gen. Louis L. Wilson Jr. Lt. Gen. James A. Hill Lt. Gen. James D. HughesLt. Gen. Arnold W. Braswell Gen. Jerome F. O’Malley Gen. Robert W. Bazley Gen. Jack I. Gregory Gen. Merrill A. McPeakLt. Gen. James B. DavisGen. Jimmie V. Adams Gen. Robert L. Rutherford Gen. John G. Lorber Gen. Richard B. MyersGen. Patrick K. Gamble Lt. Gen. Lansford E. Trapp (acting) Gen. William J. Begert Gen. Paul V. Hester Gen. Carrol H. Chandler April 25, 1949May 20, 1951June 9, 1951 March 25, 1954 May 31, 1955July 31, 1959July 31, 1963July 31, 1964Jan. 31, 1967July 31, 1968July 31, 1971Sept. 30, 1973June 30, 1974May 31, 1977June 14, 1978 July 1, 1981 Sept. 30, 1983 Nov. 1, 1984Dec. 16, 1986July 22, 1988Oct. 30, 1990Feb. 19, 1991Jan. 25, 1993Oct. 12, 1994 July 7, 1997July 23, 1998April 9, 2001May 4, 2001July 2, 2004Nov. 30, 2007 Dec. 30, 1945April 26, 1949May 21, 1951June 10, 1951March 26, 1954 June 1, 1955Aug. 1, 1959Aug. 1, 1963Aug. 1, 1964Feb. 1, 1967Aug. 1, 1968Aug. 1, 1971Oct. 1, 1973July 1, 1974June 1, 1977June 15, 1978 July 1, 1981Oct. 8, 1983Nov. 1, 1984Dec. 16, 1986July 22, 1988Nov. 5, 1990Feb. 19, 1991Jan. 26, 1993Oct. 12, 1994 July 7, 1997July 23, 1998April 9, 2001May 4, 2001July 2, 2004Nov. 30, 2007 Activated as Far East Air Forces Aug. 3, 1944. Redesignated Pacific Air Com- mand, US Army, Dec. 6, 1945. Redesignated FEAF Jan. 1, 1947. Redesignated Pacific Air Forces July 1, 1957.