James A. Hill
| James A. Hill | |
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General James A. Hill
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| Born |
October 23, 1923 Lancaster, Ohio |
| Died | October 1, 2010 (aged 86) San Antonio, Texas |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1942–1980 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands held | Pacific Air Forces 60th Military Airlift Wing |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards |
Legion of Merit (2) Distinguished Flying Cross (2) Air Medal (5) |
General James Arthur Hill (October 23, 1923 – October 1, 2010) was a U.S. Air Force four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.
He was born in 1923 in Lancaster, Ohio Orphaned at sixteen, he graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1940 and attended Ohio State University in 1942. He was inducted into the Army in January 1943 and through aviation cadet training received his pilot wings and commission as a second lieutenant in February 1944. He subsequently qualified in multiengine aircraft.
During World War II, Hill flew 31 European Theater combat missions in a B-24 Liberator bomber while assigned to the 566th Bombardment Squadron, 389th Bombardment Group. After World War II he served at various bases in the United States until 1949 when he was called upon to fly C-54 Skymaster aircraft in the Berlin Airlift.
In October 1949 he was assigned to the Air Training Command at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, where he served as a basic training squadron commander, and later as executive officer in the U.S. Air Force Preflight Training School.
In April 1955 he was assigned to the Far East Air Force, initially as an operations officer with the 483d Troop Carrier Wing and in May 1956 as chief of current operations for the 315th Air Division at Tachikawa Air Base, Japan.
Hill returned to the United States in June 1958 to fill a number of different positions in the Western Transport Air Force (now Twenty-Second Air Force) at Travis Air Force Base, California. From August 1960 to July 1961, he attended the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, after which he was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., as an operations staff officer in the Plans and Capabilities Branch of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Operations. In July 1964 he became deputy assistant director for joint matters in the Directorate of Operations.
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