Jones, David
Jones, David (1921–), air force chief of staff and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).Jones was born in South Dakota and grew up in North Dakota. He received a commission in the Army Air Forces in 1943 and followed a career as a bomber pilot. He led a squadron during the Korean War, and later commanded the U.S. Air Forces in Europe. Becoming air force chief of staff in 1974, he made substantial reductions in headquarters staff and reorganized the air force hierarchy. Support for the Panama Canal Treaties and cancellation of the B‐1 bomber earned him congressional criticism.
PresidentJimmy Carter appointed Jones the ninth chairman of the JCS in 1978. Jones's support for the SALT II agreement in 1979 and the failed Iranian hostage rescue in 1980 brought further congressional hostility and some initial opposition to his reappointment as...
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