John Dale Ryan | |
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.jpg) General John Dale Ryan | |
| Nickname(s) | "Three-fingered Jack" |
| Born | December 10, 1915 Cherokee, Iowa |
| Died | October 27, 1983 (aged 67) Lackland Air Force Base, Texas |
| Buried | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service | United States Air Force |
| Years of service | 1938–1973 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Pacific Air Forces Strategic Air Command Second Air Force Sixteenth Air Force 810th Air Division 97th Bombardment Wing 509th Bombardment Group 2d Bombardment Group |
| Battles / wars | World War II Vietnam War |
| Awards | Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (5) Army Distinguished Service Medal Silver Star (2) Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross (2) Air Medal (6) Full list |
| Relations | General Michael E. Ryan (son) |
General John Dale Ryan (December 10, 1915 – October 27, 1983) was the seventh Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. As chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, General Ryan served in a dual capacity. He was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which, as a body, acts as the principal military advisers to the president, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense. In his other capacity, he was responsible to the Secretary of the Air Force for managing the vast human and materiel resources of the world's most powerful aerospace force.
In May 1972, Ryan was the subject of one of President Richard Nixon's more severe rants.[1]
- ^ "Richard Nixon, Spiro T. Agnew, Henry A. Kissinger, and Thomas H. Moorer on 19 May 1972". prde.upress.virginia.edu. Retrieved 2018-12-22.