James B. Busey IV.

Admiral James B. Busey IV.

James Buchanan Busey (* 2. October 1932 in Peoria , Illinois ) is a former admiral of the US Navy and politicians , among others, from 1985 to 1987 Vice-Chief of Staff of the Navy ( Vice Chief of Naval Operations ) , 1987-1989 Supreme commander of the US naval forces in Europe NAVEUR ( US naval forces Europe ) , between 1989 and 1991 Head of the Federal Aviation Administration ( Federal Aviation Administration ) and from 1991 to 1992 Acting transport Minister (Acting US Secretary of Transportation) was.

Life

Military training and the Vietnam War

Busey began officer training after attending school in January 1952 and received his basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Air Base . In March 1953 he began his training as a naval aviator (Aviation Cadet Training Program) at the naval air base Naval Air Station Pensacola . After graduation, he found numerous uses within the US Navy, such as at the naval air bases in Cecil Field and Jacksonville . In July 1964 he began studying at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey , where he earned both a Bachelor (B.Sc.) and a Master of Science (M.Sc.).

During the Vietnam War he served as a lieutenant commander and pilot on the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany stationed attack squadron 163 and was a leader of a group consisting of six aircraft for use in North Vietnam with the Navy Cross awarded, the highest award that the Department of the Navy awarded becomes. In addition, he received the Distinguished Flying Cross three times . In the further course of the Vietnam War he was between October 25, 1969 and October 26, 1970 as a frigate captain planning officer of the attack forces of the US Seventh Fleet and was awarded the Legion of Merit for the first time . For his services throughout the Vietnam War, he was also decorated with the Bronze Star Medal with the addition Combat "V" and 22 times with the Air Medal . He was also commander of attack squadron 125, the so-called Rough Raiders .

Promotion to admiral

From May 1972 to March 1974, Captain Busey was an employee of the Projection Forces Branch of the Systems Analysis Division in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations . Due to his merits during this time, in which he was particularly concerned with the use of Vought A-7 combat aircraft in Readiness Squadron , he received a Gold Star instead of another Legion of Merit. He was also from October 1975 to January 1978 in command ( Commanding Officer ) of the Naval Air Base Naval Air Station Lemoore in California . Due to its performance in maximizing support for the optimization of the operational readiness of the squadrons of the Light Attack Squadron of the US Pacific Fleet ( US Pacific Fleet ) was to him a second Golden star instead of a third Legion of Merit awarded.

In April 1978, Busey became a Flotilla Admiral and was Head of the Navy's Auditor General of the Navy until June 1980 . For his services to the improvement of the Naval Audit Service (Naval Audit Service) he was awarded a third gold star instead of a fourth Legion of Merit. He then acted between July 1980 and September 1982 as deputy chief of the Naval Material Command, where he was responsible for resource management. He was also awarded a fourth gold star instead of a fifth Legion of Merit for his services during this period

Between July 1983 and August 1985 Vice Admiral Busey was Commander of the Naval Air Systems Command (Naval Air Systems Command) , which is responsible for the material supply of aircraft and weapon systems of the US Navy, and was awarded the Navy Distinguished Service Medal for his services in this service . In particular, a reduction in the development cost of the fighter plane succeeded to Grumman F-14D , the modification of the combat aircraft Grumman A-6E , the tiltrotor - convertible aircraft Bell Boeing V-22 and the training system program for the T-45 Goshawk .

In September 1985, Busey was when Admiral successor to Admiral Ronald J. Hays in the function of the Vice-Chief of Staff of the Navy ( Vice Chief of Naval Operations ) . He held this post until March 1987 and was then replaced by Admiral Huntington Hardisty . For his many years of service, he was honored twice with the Defense Distinguished Service Medal and a bronze oak leaf branch instead of a second Navy Distinguished Service Medal.

Most recently, Admiral Busey replaced Admiral Arthur S. Moreau, Jr. as Commander in Chief of the US Naval Forces in Europe NAVEUR ( US Naval Forces Europe ) and remained in this position until he retired from active military service in May 1989, whereupon Admiral Jonathan T. Howe succeeded him. He was from March 1987 to May 1989 at the same time in one person Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces of NATO in southern Europe (Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Southern Europe) and since February 1989 also also commander of US forces in the eastern Atlantic (US Commander Eastern Atlantic) . For his achievements he was awarded additional bronze oak leaf branches instead of a third Defense Distinguished Service Medal and instead of a third Navy Distinguished Service Medal.

FAA Administrator and Acting Secretary of Transportation

After his retirement Busey dissolved on 30 June 1989 T. Allan McArtor as head of the Federal Aviation Administration ( Federal Aviation Administration ) and held this position until December 4, 1991, before the June 27, 1992 Thomas C. Richards his successor started.

He was then in 1991 as a successor to Elaine Chao Deputy Transport Minister (Deputy Secretary of Transportation) . As such, he was on 14 December 1991 Acting Transport Minister (Acting US Secretary of Transportation) after the current incumbent Samuel K. Skinner as part of a reshuffle White House Chief of Staff had become. He held this post until February 23, 1992, after which Andrew Card became the new Minister of Transport on February 24, 1992.

Busey then moved to the board of directors of the aircraft construction company Curtiss-Wright , of which he was a member until 2008.

Awards

•   Navy Cross
• Defense Distinguished Service Medal (3 ×)
•   Navy Distinguished Service Medal (3 ×)
•   Legion of Merit (5 ×)
•   Distinguished Flying Cross (3 ×)
•   Bronze Star Medal with the addition of Combat "V"
•   Air Medal (22 ×)

Web links

• Entry in the Hall of Valor