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Arnold W. Braswell
Arnold Webb Braswell (October 3, 1925 – March 15, 2022) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF) and command pilot who was commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces, with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. His command comprised more than 34,000 USAF operational and support personnel stationed at eight major bases and more than 87 facilities principally located in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Hawaii.
Braswell was born in 1925 to Claiborne and Marguerite Braswell in Minden, Louisiana, and graduated in 1942 from Minden High School. He attended Louisiana State University for two years and in 1944 entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He was appointed Cadet Brigade Commander, the "First Captain", of the corps of cadets in his final year and graduated in 1948 with honors and earned a commission as a second lieutenant in the newly established United States Air Force. After graduation Braswell married his high school sweetheart, Ione Davis. She gave birth to their son Jefferson in 1949 and daughter Sally in 1955.
After completing flying training at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas and at Williams AFB in Arizona, he became in September 1949, a member of the 33rd Fighter Wing at Otis AFB in Massachusetts, where he flew F-86 Sabre fighter jets.
In 1951–1952 during the Korean War, Braswell flew 155 combat missions in jet fighters as a member of the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Taegu Air Base, South Korea, and the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing at Kimpo Air Base, South Korea.
From September 1952 to September 1955, he was a flight commander and squadron operations officer in the 3600th Combat Crew Training Group at Luke AFB in Arizona. When the U.S. Air Force Academy opened in 1955 in temporary facilities at Lowry AFB, Colorado, Braswell was assigned as commander of one of the original four cadet squadrons and served in that capacity for three years.
In October 1958, he was again assigned to the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, which had been relocated to Étain Air Base in France, where for a time he was deployed to supervise combat training of French, Danish and Turkish air force pilots in F-100 Super Sabre fighter aircraft and then commanded the 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base in West Germany.
Braswell returned to the United States in August 1961 to attend the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He transferred to Washington, D.C., in July 1962 and was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in the Directorate of Plans, where he prepared recommendations to the Air Force Chief of Staff on joint planning issues. In August 1966, Braswell entered the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the college and also completed his Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University in 1967.
He began a one-year tour of duty in the Vietnam War in July 1967 as director of plans at 7th Air Force headquarters, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. Though a staff officer and not required to fly, he voluntarily flew 40 combat missions, most of them in F-4 Phantoms.
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Arnold W. Braswell
Arnold Webb Braswell (October 3, 1925 – March 15, 2022) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF) and command pilot who was commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces, with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. His command comprised more than 34,000 USAF operational and support personnel stationed at eight major bases and more than 87 facilities principally located in Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Hawaii.
Braswell was born in 1925 to Claiborne and Marguerite Braswell in Minden, Louisiana, and graduated in 1942 from Minden High School. He attended Louisiana State University for two years and in 1944 entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He was appointed Cadet Brigade Commander, the "First Captain", of the corps of cadets in his final year and graduated in 1948 with honors and earned a commission as a second lieutenant in the newly established United States Air Force. After graduation Braswell married his high school sweetheart, Ione Davis. She gave birth to their son Jefferson in 1949 and daughter Sally in 1955.
After completing flying training at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas and at Williams AFB in Arizona, he became in September 1949, a member of the 33rd Fighter Wing at Otis AFB in Massachusetts, where he flew F-86 Sabre fighter jets.
In 1951–1952 during the Korean War, Braswell flew 155 combat missions in jet fighters as a member of the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, Taegu Air Base, South Korea, and the 4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing at Kimpo Air Base, South Korea.
From September 1952 to September 1955, he was a flight commander and squadron operations officer in the 3600th Combat Crew Training Group at Luke AFB in Arizona. When the U.S. Air Force Academy opened in 1955 in temporary facilities at Lowry AFB, Colorado, Braswell was assigned as commander of one of the original four cadet squadrons and served in that capacity for three years.
In October 1958, he was again assigned to the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, which had been relocated to Étain Air Base in France, where for a time he was deployed to supervise combat training of French, Danish and Turkish air force pilots in F-100 Super Sabre fighter aircraft and then commanded the 7th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base in West Germany.
Braswell returned to the United States in August 1961 to attend the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. He transferred to Washington, D.C., in July 1962 and was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in the Directorate of Plans, where he prepared recommendations to the Air Force Chief of Staff on joint planning issues. In August 1966, Braswell entered the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the college and also completed his Master of Business Administration degree from George Washington University in 1967.
He began a one-year tour of duty in the Vietnam War in July 1967 as director of plans at 7th Air Force headquarters, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam. Though a staff officer and not required to fly, he voluntarily flew 40 combat missions, most of them in F-4 Phantoms.
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