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U.S. Air Force.
Via Wikipedia
Commons
Nathan Twining was born in Wisconsin and entered
the Oregon National Guard
in 1916. He saw service on the Mexican border
before entering West Point and graduating from the abbreviated wartime
course in 1918. He attended the Infantry
School in 1919-1920 and
completed flight training
in 1924. He rose steadily through the ranks
and graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1937.
Twining was promoted to brigadier general and took command of 13 Air Force in New Caledonia in January 1943. Promoted to major general, he relieved Marc Mitscher as COMAIRSOLS in July 1943. In January 1944 he was transferred to the Mediterranean, but in August 1945 he replaced LeMay as commander of 20 Air Force, directing the final strategic bombing attacks of the war, including the nuclear attacks.
Postwar Twining commanded the Air Material Command, transferred to the independent Air Force on its creation in 1947, and eventually rose to full general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He retired in 1960 to work in the publishing industry.
| 1897-10-11
|
Born in Wisconsin |
|
| 1916 |
Enters the Oregon National Guard |
|
| 1919-6-11 |
Second
lieutenant |
Graduates from West Point
(abbreviated wartime course), standing 138th in a class of 284. |
| 1919 |
Infantry School |
|
| 1924 |
Flight training |
|
| 1934
|
Colonel
|
Commander, 3 Attack Group, Fort
Crockett, Texas |
| 1935 |
3 Wing, General Headquarters Air
Force, Barksdale Field, Louisiana |
|
| 1935 |
Air Corps Tactical School |
|
| 1936 |
Command and General Staff School |
|
| 1937 |
Air Corps Technical Supervisor,
San Antonio Air Depot |
|
| 1940 |
Assistant chief, Inspection
Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps |
|
| 1940 |
Chief, Technical Inspection
Section, Inspection Division, Office of the Chief of the Air Corps |
|
| 1941 |
Operations Division,
Headquarters, Army Air Forces |
|
| 1942 |
Office of the Chief of the Air
Staff, Headquarters, Army Air Forces |
|
| 1942 |
Director, War Organization and Movement, Office of the Chief of the Air Staff, Headquarters, Army Air Forces | |
| 1942 |
Chief of staff, Army Forces in
the South
Pacific Area |
|
| 1943-1-13 |
Brigadier general |
Commander, 13 Air Force,
New Caledonia |
| 1943-7-25 |
Major general |
Commander, Air, Solomon Islands |
| 1944-1-3 |
Commander, 15 Air Force, Italy |
|
| 1945-6-5 |
Lieutenant
general |
Legislative and Liaison
Division, Headquarters, Army Air Forces |
| 1945 |
Temporary duty, Army Strategic
Air Forces in the Pacific, Guam |
|
| 1945-8-1 |
Commander, 20 Air Force,
Guam |
|
| 1945 |
Commander, Air Technical Service
Command, Patterson Field, Ohio |
|
| 1946 |
Commander, Air Materiel Command,
Wright Field, Ohio |
|
| 1947-11 |
Commander, Alaskan Department |
|
| 1950 |
Acting Deputy Chief of Staff for
Personnel, Headquarters, Air Force |
|
| 1950 |
General |
Vice chief of staff,
Headquarters, Air Force |
| 1953 |
Chief of staff, Air Force |
|
| 1957 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff |
|
| 1960 |
Retires |
|
| 1982-3-29 |
Dies |
References
Generals.dk (accessed 2008-7-12)
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