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Death of Former CINCSAC
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 11:13:33 -0500
From: "Robert S. Hopkins, III, PhD"
Subject: Death of Former CINCSAC
General Holloway was the second CINC of a command that included the
SR-71. If my fading memory serves me, he was also the first CINCSAC
to fly in the SR-71.
DrBob
p.s. Please forgive the all-caps----this is a memo and I was too lazy
to retype it.
>Subject: DEATH OF GENERAL BRUCE K. HOLLOWAY, USAF, RETIRED
>
>Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 16:33:41 -0600
>Importance: low
>X-Priority: 5
>
> > PRIORITY
> >
> > P 011554Z OCT 99
> >
> > FM AFGOMO WASHINGTON DC
> >
> > TO AIG 8119
> >
> > INFO AFGOMO WASHINGTON DC
> > HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC//XOOC//
> >
> > UNCLAS
> > FOR CC, DP, AND J-1, HQ USAF FOR ALL DEPUTIES, DIRECTORS, AND CHIEFS
> > OF COMPARABLE OFFICES
> >
> > SUBJECT: DEATH OF GENERAL BRUCE K. HOLLOWAY, USAF, RETIRED
> > MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION C
> > FROM: AFGOMO
> >
> > SUBJECT: DEATH OF GENERAL BRUCE K. HOLLOWAY, USAF (RETIRED)
> >
> > 1. GENERAL BRUCE K. HOLLOWAY DIED OF HEART FAILURE ON SEPTEMBER 30,
> > 1999 IN ORLANDO FL. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SPOUSE, MRS. FRANCIS P.
> > HOLLOWAY. THERE WILL BE NO FUNERAL SERVICES. CONDOLENCE LETTERS MAY
> > BE SENT TO THE FAMILY AT 5124 BELLEVILLE AVENUE, ORLANDO FL 32812.
> >
> > 2. GEN HOLLOWAY STUDIED ENGINEERING FOR TWO YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY
> > OF TENNESSEE BEFORE ENTERING THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WHERE HE
> > GRADUATED IN 1937. AFTER RECEIVING HIS PILOT WINGS AT KELLY FIELD,
> > SAN ANTONIO TX,IN 1938, HE SERVED FOR TWO YEARS WITH THE 6TH PURSUIT
> > SQUADRON AND 18TH PURSUIT GROUP IN HAWAII BEFORE TAKING A
> > POSTGRADUATE COURSE IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING AT THE CALIFORNIA
> > INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
> >
> > 3. SHORTLY AFTER THE UNITED STATES ENTERED WORLD WAR II, HE WENT TO
> > CHUNGKING, CHINA, TO BEGIN HIS COMBAT EXPERIENCE AS A FIGHTER PILOT
> > WITH THE FAMED "FLYING TIGERS" OF THE AMERICAN VOLUNTEER GROUP.
> > REMAINING WITH THAT GROUP AFTER IT WAS ACTIVATED AS THE ARMY AIR
> > FORCE'S 23D FIGHTER GROUP, HE BECAME ITS COMMANDER BEFORE RETURNING
> > TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1944. DURING THAT TOUR IN CHINA, GENERAL
> > HOLLOWAY EARNED STATUS AS A FIGHTER ACE, SHOOTING DOWN 13 JAPANESE
> > PLANES.
> >
> > 4. AS COMMANDER OF THE AIR FORCE'S FIRST JET-EQUIPPED FIGHTER GROUP
> > IN 1946, THE GENERAL PERFORMED PIONEER SERVICE IN THIS NEW FIELD OF
> > TACTICAL JET AIR OPERATIONS.
> >
> > 5. AFTER GRADUATION FROM THE NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE IN 1951, GEN
> > HOLLOWAY PROGRESSED THROUGH KEY STAFF ASSIGNMENTS IN BOTH OPERATIONS
> > AND DEVELOPMENT FIELDS AT HEADQUARTERS U.S. AIR FORCE. LATER, AS
> > DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, HE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN
> > PREPARING AND EVALUATING PROPOSALS FOR MANY OF OUR PRESENT AIRCRAFT
> > AND MISSILES.
> >
> > 6. GEN HOLLOWAY SPENT FOUR YEARS IN TACTICAL AIR COMMAND AS DEPUTY
> > COMMANDER OF BOTH THE 9TH AND 12TH AIR FORCES; AND IN 1961 HE WAS
> > NAMED DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE U.S. STRIKE COMMAND AT MACDILL
> > AIR FORCE BASE FL. LATER IN THAT ASSIGNMENT, HE ALSO FULFILLED
> > ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AS DEPUTY COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE
> > MIDDLE EAST/SOUTHERN ASIA AND AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA COMMAND.
> >
> > 7. HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE U.S. AIR FORCES IN EUROPE IN JULY 1965,
> > SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY UNTIL HIS APPOINTMENT AS VICE CHIEF OF STAFF
> > OF THE U.S. AIR FORCE AUGUST 1, 1966.
> > 9. GEN HOLLOWAY WAS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE STRATEGIC AIR
> > COMMAND ON AUGUST 1, 1968. HE RETIRED MAY 1, 1972 AFTER 35 YEARS OF
> > ACTIVE SERVICE.
> > 10. HIS DECORATIONS INCLUDE THE ARMY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, AIR
> > FORCE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL, SILVER STAR, LEGION OF MERIT,
> > DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, AIR MEDAL, AND SEVERAL FOREIGN
> > DECORATIONS WHICH INCLUDE THE ORDER OF THE SACRED TRIPOD (CHINA),
> > CHINESE ORDER OF THE CLOUD, CHINESE AIR FORCE PILOT WINGS, THE GRAND
> > CROSS OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY WITH
> > STAR AND SASH, GERMAN AIR FORCE COMMAND PILOT WINGS, THE MOST NOBLE
> > ORDER OF THE CROWN OF THAILAND-FIRST CLASS--KNIGHT GRAND CROSS,
> > HONORARY ROYAL THAI AIR FORCE WINGS, THE ORDER OF AERONAUTICAL MERIT
> > (BRAZIL), AND FRENCH LEGION OF HONOR - ORDER OF COMMANDER.
> > 11. AFGOMO POC: CAPT ANGELA NICHOLS, DSN 224-4676.
> >
> > BT
> > NNNN
> >
> >
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