Vandenberg, Hoyt
Vandenberg, Hoyt (1899–1954), air force general.A 1923 graduate of West Point, Vandenberg was handsome, affable, and the nephew of a senator. He began his career in ground support aviation. In the mid‐1930s, he attended professional schools, including the Command and General Staff School at Leavenworth, where he met Carl A. Spaatz, a senior air officer. In 1939, Spaatz assigned Vandenberg to the Plans Section, the key office in Air Corps expansion. Vandenberg spent eight months in headquarters, in 1942, before becoming chief of staff, Twelfth Air Force, in August. He served in North Africa and the Mediterranean until summoned to Washington. In November 1943, in Moscow, he negotiated to obtain Soviet bases for shuttle flights for American bomber aircraft. As a result of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appeal, Vandenberg received the post of deputy commander of...
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