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Ira C. Eaker. General (Honorary) Ira Clarence Eaker (April 13, 1896 [1] – August 6, 1987) was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Eaker, as second-in-command of the prospective Eighth Air Force, was sent to England to form and organize its bomber command.
On April 30, 1945, General Eaker was named deputy commander of the Army Air Forces and chief of the Air Staff. He retired Aug. 31, 1947, and was promoted to lieutenant general on the retired list June 29, 1948. General Eaker is a pilot with 12,000 flying hours in 30 years of flying.
Welcome to the Ira C. Eaker Center for Leadership Development! Named in honor of aviation pioneer and former 8th Air Force Commander, General Ira C. Eaker, we are part of the Air University and located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. The Eaker Center supports the Air Force mission by providing functionally-aligned technical ...
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On August 5, 1942, Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, the 47-year-old, Texas-born commander of the Eighth Bomber Command, and General Carl “Tooey” Spaatz, first commander of the Eighth Air Force, had gone to the London headquarters of Lt. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, newly appointed commander of the U.S. European Theater of Operations, and presented a ...
Oct 9, 2021 · Military. View all 30 images. Object Number - UPL 32298 - "Brig General Ira C Eaker, VIII Bomber command, 8th AF, England Dec-42." Commanding General of 8th AF 1 December 1942 to 5 January 1944. Following that, Eaker was given command of all Allied air forces in the MTO, and in April 1945 became Deputy CG of the USAAF. Retired July 1947.
Aug 8, 1987 · Ira C. Eaker, a retired Air Force general who commanded United States air forces in Europe in World War II and helped establish the Air Force as a separate military service, died Thursday at...
Dec. 1, 2005. Gen. Ira C. Eaker helped shape World War II airpower and pave the way for an independent United States Air Force. For those and other reasons, his name is respected, yet his historical image is often overshadowed by his more prominent colleagues and friends, Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold and Gen. Carl A. “Tooey” Spaatz.
