Jimmie V. Adams

General Jimmie V. Adams

Jimmie Vick Adams (born May 1, 1936 in Prichard , Alabama ) is a former American general in the US Air Force , who was last commander in chief of the US Air Forces in the Pacific region from 1991 to 1993 PACAF ( Pacific Air Forces ).

Life

Training as an air force officer

Adams completed a mechanical engineering degree at Auburn University after attending school , which he completed in 1957 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Mechanical Engineering). As part of the reserve officer program ( Reserve Officers' Training Corps Program ), he resigned in January 1958 in the US Air Force and completed his pilot training at the military airfield Webb Air Force Base. He was then used until January 1962 as a pilot in the 437th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Oxnard Air Force Base. A post-graduate studies in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas , he finished 1963 with a Master of Arts (MA Mechanical Engineering) and was followed from August 1963 to May 1966 as an engineer and test pilot with the Air Force Research Institute ( Air Force Weapons Laboratory ) at the base Kirtland Air Force Base and graduated from the Squadron Officer School (SOS) during this time in 1964.

In May 1966, Adams went to Great Britain, where he served at RAF Woodbridge as the commander of a McDonnell F-4 "Phantom" fighter, weapons system instructor and aviation commander with the 78th Tactical Fighter Squadron . In August 1969 he moved to the Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base in Thailand , where he was initially the commander of a McDonnell F-4 "Phantom" in the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron and most recently chief officer for tactics in the 8th Tactical Fighter Squadron ( 8th Tactical Fighter Wing ). He was then a member of the Reserve Officer Training Corps Program at Auburn University, his alma mater, from August 1970 to June 1973 , and then became a procurement officer at the headquarters of the Tactical Air Command (TAC ) at Langley Air Force base Base offset.

Promotion to general

In June 1975, Adams became commander of the 336th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and was most recently Special Assistant to the Deputy Commander for Operations of the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, also stationed at this air force base . After graduating from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces (ICAF) in July 1978, he was first deputy head and later head of the tactical procurement department at the US Air Force headquarters in Washington, DC, before moving to the headquarters of the Tactical Air Force Command in November 1979 TAC returned and became assistant to the deputy chief of staff for procurement. He then became commander of the 23rd Tactical Fighter Wing at England Air Force Base in March 1981 and then in April 1983 deputy head of operations and training in the Planning and Operations Department at US Air Force Headquarters, marriage between February 1984 and August 1985 he was special assistant for tactical modernization, research, development and acquisition.

Adams took over the post of Deputy Chief of Staff for Procurement in August 1985 at the headquarters of the TAC Tactical Air Force Command and in July 1987, after attending a general staff course in warfare, as commander of the 1st US Air Force ( First Air Force ) at Langley Air Force Base . In July 1987 he became deputy commander of the TAC Tactical Air Force Command and deputy supreme commander of the US Air Forces Atlantic and then took over the post of deputy chief of the air force staff for planning and operations in March 1989.

Most recently, after his promotion to general on February 13, 1991 , Adams was Commander in Chief of the US Air Forces in the Pacific CINCPACAF ( Pacific Air Forces ) at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii . As such, he was responsible for the US Air Force's activities in the Pacific, with more than 51,000 soldiers and twelve main bases, particularly in Hawaii, Alaska , South Korea , Japan , the Philippines and Guam . He held the post of CINCPACAF until he retired on February 1, 1993.

Adams flew as a pilot of aircraft such as the Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II , McDonnell F-4 "Phantom" , McDonnell Douglas F-15 "Strike Eagle" , North American F-86 "Saber" , Northrop F-89 "Scorpion" , North American F-100 "Super Saber" , McDonnell F-101 "Voodoo" and Lockheed F-104 "Starfighter" more than 3,800 flight hours and participated in 141 combat missions. He has received several awards. He was awarded the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal , the Legion of Merit , the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaves, the Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaves, the Air Medal with seven oak leaves and the Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaves.

Web links

• Biography on the US Air Force homepage