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Nathan Farragut Twining ( / ˈtwaɪnɪŋ / TWY-ning; October 11, 1897 – March 29, 1982) was a United States Air Force general. [1] He was the chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953 [2] until 1957, and the third chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1957 to 1960.
Apr 12, 2024 · Nathan F. Twining was a U.S. Air Force officer who played a large part in directing the air war against Japan during World War II. A 1918 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., Twining became a U.S. army pilot in 1924 and gained further experience thereafter as a combat unit.
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General Nathan Farragut Twining is the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, Washington, D.C. In this capacity, he serves as the senior military adviser to the president, the National Security Council and the secretary of defense.
Mar 30, 1982 · Nathan F. Twining, 84, a retired Air Force general who was chief of staff of the Air Force and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, died of cardiopulmonary arrest yesterday at the Wilford...
Mar 30, 1982 · Gen. Nathan F. Twining of the Air Force, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the late 1950's and a commander of Allied aerial campaigns in Europe and the South Pacific in World War II, died...
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Nathan Farragut Twining, born in Monroe, Wisconsin was the first U.S. Air Force general to serve as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and was largely responsible for the creation of a strategic air force that was second to none.
General Twining almost died when he and fourteen others spent six days in a life raft after crashing into the ocean. In January 1944, he assumed command of the Fifteenth Air Force in Italy, in a theater dominated by the British. This posting reinforced his belief in strategic bombing.
