B-66 Senior Officers

Here's a list of over 30 E/R/W/B-66 US Air Force officers assigned to the 9th, 11th and 12th TRS, 41st and 42nd TEWS and 6460th TEWS during the life of the B-66 Destroyer that attained the rank of General.

These names were gathered from personnel action orders and memoranda submitted by fellow B-66ers.
Click here to submit additions and/or corrections to this list.

The AF biographies Database holds biographical information on Air Force leaders -- active-duty and retired general officers; current senior executives; secretaries of the Air Force; and chief master sergeants of the Air Force. Air Force biographies may not have been prepared for some general officers before retirement.
If a name is not listed, an Air Force biography is not available.


Officers Involved in the B-66 Program
That Achieved the Rank of General

• LIEUTENANT GENERAL GEORGE D. MILLER
• LIEUTENANT GENERAL MARC C. REYNOLDS
• MAJOR GENERAL RODNEY P. KELLY
• MAJOR GENERAL KENNETH R. ISRAEL **

• MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM G. MACLAREN JR.
• MAJOR GENERAL MERTON W. BAKER
• MAJOR GENERAL DAVID C. REED *
• MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES F.G. KUYK JR.
• MAJOR GENERAL MICHAEL J. BUTCHKO JR.
• MAJOR GENERAL HARRISON LOBDELL JR.
• MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE W. LARSON JR.
• MAJOR GENERAL ELBERT E. HARBOUR **
• MAJOR GENERAL LESTER P. BROWN JR. *
• MAJOR GENERAL HILDING L. JACOBSON JR.
• MAJOR GENERAL CHRIS O. DIVICH
• MAJOR GENERAL J. STANLEY HOLTONER
• MAJOR GENERAL CLICK D. SMITH JR. (D)
• MAJOR GENERAL KENNETH C. DEMPSTER
• MAJOR GENERAL CLARENCE R. AUTERY
• MAJOR GENERAL DONALD A. RIGG *
• MAJOR GENERAL THOMAS R. FORD
• BRIGADIER GENERAL VICTOR N. CABAS
• BRIGADIER GENERAL ALBERT J. KAEHN JR. ***
BRIGADIER GENERAL ATTILIO PEDROLI *
• BRIGADIER GENERAL IRBY B. JARVIS JR.
• BRIGADIER GENERAL FREDERICK H. FORSTER

• BRIGADIER GENERAL LAWRENCE A. FOWLER
• BRIGADIER GENERAL WALTER H. POORE
• BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE P. CRICHTON
• BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES D. KEMP
• BRIGADIER GENERAL HORACE D. AYNESWORTH

Note: All generals were pilots, except for those marked as follows:
* Navigator, ** EWO, *** Weather Officer
Legend: D=Deceased, RAAF=Royal Australian AF, USN= US Navy, POW= Prisoner of War,  MIA=Missing In Action, KIA= Killed in Action, DIA= Died in B-66 Incident

Brigadier General DeWitt S. Spain [Pilot]
He was the Commander, 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury before Colonel James Kemp. General Spain may have died of cancer. He has an airport named after him in Memphis, TN.

Brigadier General Victor N. Cabas [Pilot]
Col Vic Cabas was Vice Commander, 10th TRW, RAF Alconbury under Colonel James Kemp. He also served as Wing Commander in Vietnam. For his World War II Victory Credits as a pilot in the 4th Fighter Wing, click here.

Major General William Palmer [EWO]
Bill Palmer flew on Ned Colburn's crew at Takhli, made Major below the zone and went on to become a Major General. Bill Palmer was an Annapolis graduate.

Brigadier General Charles (Skip) E. Jones III [Pilot]

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