David C. Jones
U.S. Air Force general (1921-2013) · United States · On the map · Died at 92
David Charles Jones was a United States Air Force general and the ninth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In this capacity, Jones served as the highest-ranking uniformed officer of the United States Armed Forces.
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2013Died10 August 20131980Grand Cross of the Order of Wissam AlaouiteAward1979Doctor of Humane LettersAward1975Doctor of Law (honorary)Award1974Doctor of Humane LettersAwardGreat Cross with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward, 19741921Born9 July 1921
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Colonel David C. Jones (fourth from right) at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana while serving at the Strategic Air Command in January 1957.
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Air Force Chief of Staff General David C. Jones with U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater
General David C. Jones briefed the National Security Council at the White House, during The Mayaguez Incident on May 12, 1975.
United States Air Force Chief of Staff General David C. Jones with Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General George S. Brown at The White House, in 1977.
Chairman of The Joint Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones (in Air Force uniform) accompanying President Jimmy Carter at the signing of the SALT II treaty, 18 June 1979, in Vienna.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General David C. Jones during a press briefing in The Pentagon.Awards
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He previously served as the ninth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and fifteenth commander of the United States Air Forces in Europe.
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United States
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Deceased
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Lived 1921 to 2013 · aged 92