Muir S. Fairchild
| Muir S. Fairchild | |
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General Muir Stephen Fairchild
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| Born |
September 2, 1894 Bellingham, Washington |
| Died | March 17, 1950 (aged 55) Fort Myer, Virginia |
| Buried at |
Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia (Section 34, Plot 48-A) |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1913-1950 |
| Rank |
 General
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| Commands held |
Vice Chief of Staff, USAF Commandant, Air University |
| Battles/wars |
Mexican Expedition World War I World War II |
| Awards | Distinguished Flying Cross |
| Spouse(s) | Florence Alice (Rossiter) Fairchild (1898–1989) |
General Muir Stephen Fairchild (September 2, 1894 – March 17, 1950) was the second vice chief of staff of the United States Air Force.
Born in Bellingham, Washington, Fairchild moved to Olympia in 1905 when his father was appointed by Governor Meade as chairman of Washington's first Railroad Commission. Muir graduated from Olympia High School (officially William Winlock Miller High School) in 1913, then entered the U.S. Army's Signal Corps in 1913 in an Army Signal Corps reserve unit in Seattle, while he was a student at the University of Washington. In 1916, he was deployed in the Washington National Guard with the rank of sergeant, and his unit joined in the search for Pancho Villa along the Mexican border, where he spent much time in a horse saddle in the desert heat. Watching observation planes flying overhead in the United States' first armed conflict using airplanes, Fairchild was an easy recruit when flyboys were being sought to fight with the French and Italians in the developing war in Europe, before the U.S. entered World War I. A year later Fairchild became a flying cadet at Berkeley, California, getting his wings and commission in the U.S. Army's Aviation Section in January 1918. Fairchild fought the Germans from the air over the Rhine, including night bombing missions, in an era when bombs were still being released from the hand grasp of the bombardier.
In December 1918 Fairchild returned home and served at McCook Field, Ohio; Mitchel Field, New York, and Langley Field, Virginia.
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