Hoyt Vandenberg

This article is about an Air Force General. For the USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, see USS General Harry Taylor (AP-145).

Hoyt Vandenberg
Chief of Staff of the Air Force
In office
April 30, 1948 – June 29, 1953
PresidentHarry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
DeputyMuir S. Fairchild
Nathan F. Twining
Preceded byCarl Spaatz
Succeeded byNathan Twining
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force
In office
October 1, 1947 – April 30, 1948
PresidentHarry Truman
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byMuir S. Fairchild
2nd Director of Central Intelligence
In office
June 10, 1946 – May 1, 1947
PresidentHarry Truman
DeputyKingman Douglass
Edwin K. Wright
Preceded bySidney Souers
Succeeded byRoscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Personal details
Born
Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg

(1899-01-24)January 24, 1899
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedApril 2, 1954(1954-04-02) (aged 55)
Washington D.C., U.S.
EducationUnited States Military Academy (BA)
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
United States Air Force
Years of service1923–1953
RankGeneral
CommandsChief of Staff of the United States Air Force
Twelfth Air Force
Ninth Air Force
Battles/warsWorld War II
Korean War
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal (3)
Silver Star
Legion of Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross
Bronze Star Medal
Air Medal (5)

Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (January 24, 1899 – April 2, 1954) was a United States Air Force general.[1] He served as the second Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and the second Director of Central Intelligence.

During World War II, Vandenberg was the commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, a tactical air force in England and in France, supporting the Army, from August 1944 until V-E Day. Vandenberg Space Force Base on the central coast of California is named after him. In 1946, he was briefly the U.S. Chief of Military Intelligence. He was the nephew of Arthur H. Vandenberg, a former U.S. Senator from Michigan.[2]

  1. ^ "Biographical file of Hoyt S. Vandenberg" (PDF). Air Force Historical Research Agency. May 6, 1952. pp. 27–28. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
  2. ^ Jay Nordlinger. “Michigan Men” (Review of Arthur Vandenberg: The Man in the Middle of the American Century, by Hendrik Meijer.) National Review. November 27, 2017. (Retrieved 2018-06-22.)