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GENERAL JOHN W. HANDY
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Retired Oct. 1, 2005.
Gen. John W. Handy is Commander, U.S. Transportation Command, and Commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill. USTRANSCOM is the single manager for global air, land and sea transportation for the Department of Defense.
General Handy was commissioned in 1967 and received his pilot wings in 1968. He has commanded the 21st Air Force at McGuire Air Force Base, N.J.; the Air Mobility Command's Tanker Airlift Control Center; two airlift wings and a maintenance squadron. He has served as the Director of Operations and Logistics for USTRANSCOM; the Air Force's Director of Programs and Evaluations, and Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
General Handy is a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, principally in airlift aircraft. As a C-130 pilot, he logged more than 300 combat hours in Southeast Asia. Prior to assuming his current position, the general was Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION 1966 Bachelor's degree in history, Methodist College, Fayetteville, N.C. 1972 Squadron Officer School 1979 Air Command and Staff College 1979 Master's degree in systems management, University of Southern California 1982 Air War College 1984 National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 1993 Program for Senior Executives, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 5,000 Aircraft flown: C-130, C-141, C-17, C-7A, C-9, C-37 and KC-10
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Defense Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters Air Medal with oak leaf cluster Antarctica Service Medal Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars Southwest Asia Service Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Legion of Honor (France) Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal Kuwait Liberation Medal (Government of Kuwait)
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 1992 Honorary doctor of humanities, Methodist College 2005 Air Force Order of the Sword, Air Mobility Command
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Jan. 4, 1967 First Lieutenant July 4, 1968 Captain Jan. 4, 1970 Major April 2, 1978 Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 1, 1981 Colonel Nov. 1, 1984 Brigadier General Oct. 1, 1991 Major General Sept. 28, 1994 Lieutenant General Aug. 1, 1997 General July 1, 2000
(Current as of August 2005)
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