Hoyt Vandenberg

Hoyt Vandenberg
Chief of Staff of the Air Force
In office April 30, 1948 – June 29, 1953
President	Harry Truman Dwight Eisenhower
Deputy	Muir S. Fairchild Nathan F. Twining
Preceded by	Carl Spaatz
Succeeded by	Nathan Twining
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force
In office October 1, 1947 – April 30, 1948
President	Harry Truman
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Muir S. Fairchild
2nd Director of Central Intelligence
In office June 10, 1946 – May 1, 1947
President	Harry Truman
Deputy	Kingman Douglass Edwin K. Wright
Preceded by	Sidney Souers
Succeeded by	Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Personal details
Born	Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg (1899-01-24)January 24, 1899 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died	April 2, 1954(1954-04-02) (aged 55) Washington D.C., U.S.
Education	United States Military Academy (BA)
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army United States Air Force
Years of service	1923–1953
Rank	General
Commands	Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Twelfth Air Force Ninth Air Force
Battles/wars	World War II Korean War
Awards	Army 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]