Robert C. Hinson

Robert C. Hinson is a retired Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force.

Hinson originally enlisted in the Air Force before being commissioned an officer in 1971. From 1973 to 1977, he served as a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress co-pilot, aircraft commander and instructor pilot with the 97th Bombardment Wing at Blytheville Air Force Base, AR.

Hinson served as Air Staff Training Program officer on the United States Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council at The Pentagon from 1977 until 1978, at which time he entered General Dynamics-Grumman F-111B training at Plattsburgh Air Force Base. From 1979 to 1982, he served as a F-111B pilot, instructor pilot and flight evaluator with the 529th Bombardment Squadron. After serving with Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Hinson assumed command of the 529th Bombardment Squadron before being reassigned as Deputy Commander for Operations of the 380th Bombardment Wing.

From 1989 to 1991, Hinson was assigned to the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff before being stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, where he eventually assumed command of the 99th Tactics and Training Wing. In 1993, he was named Deputy Director of Plans and Programs of Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base. The following year, Hinson returned to Ellsworth Air Force Base as Installation Commander and also assumed command of the 28th Bomb Wing.