Héctor Andrés Negroni
| Héctor Andrés Negroni | |
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Colonel Héctor Andrés Negroni
First Puerto Rican graduate of the United States Air Force Academy |
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| Born |
January 30, 1938 Yauco, Puerto Rico |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1961-1985 |
| Rank |
 Colonel |
| Commands held |
Commander, 3rd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron Vice Commander, Air Force District of Washington |
| Battles/wars | 1962 Cuban Crisis 1964 Yemen War 1965 Dominican Republic Crisis 1971-1972 Vietnam War 1984 Falkland Islands War 1985 Nicaraguan Contras Crisis |
| Awards |
Legion of Merit Defense Meritorious Service Medal Meritorious Service Medal Air Medal |
| Other work |
General Manager McDonnell Douglas Spain Ltd General Manager AlliedSignal Aerospace Company-Huntsville Site Manager Honeywell International-Huntsville |
Commander, 3rd Mobile Aerial Port Squadron
General Manager McDonnell Douglas Spain Ltd General Manager AlliedSignal Aerospace Company-Huntsville
Colonel Héctor Andrés Negroni (born January 30, 1938) is an Air Force officer, historian, senior aerospace defense executive, author and the first Puerto Rican graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He was commissioned by Spain's Fifth Centennial Commission to write the "Historia Militar de Puerto Rico" (A Military History of Puerto Rico).
Negroni was born in the town of Yauco, Puerto Rico, which is located in the southwestern region of the island. There he received his primary education. While still young, his parents moved to Santa Rosa, California. During this period of his life, his family continued to move, and Negroni was to attend school in the Mexican city of Veracruz and finally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In 1956, he graduated from Frankford High School and enrolled in Drexel University, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he completed one year of civil engineering before he received appointments for all three service academies, The United States Military Academy at West Point, The United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland and the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. He decided for the Air Force Academy, where in 1961 he earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering with a major in public affairs. Negroni was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force and was awarded his navigator wings. While at Drexel University, Negroni was a member of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
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