Bruce K. Holloway

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Early life and career

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Claire Chennault's fighter commanders in China. Holloway is standing right.

Holloway was one of two children born to Frank P. Holloway, a mill owner, and Elizabeth Keener, a homemaker. He graduated from Knoxville High School in 1929 and studied engineering for two years at the University of Tennessee before attending Marion Military Institute, preparing for appointment to the United States Military Academy, where he graduated in 1937. Assigned to the Army Air Corps, he received his pilot wings in 1938 at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas, then served two years with the Sixth Pursuit Squadron and 18th Pursuit Group in Hawaii before taking a postgraduate course in aeronautical engineering at the California Institute of Technology.[2][3]

World War II

After The US entered World War II in December 1941, Holloway was sent to China to observe Chennault's American Volunteer Group (AVG), the Flying Tigers. He became the commander of the 23rd Fighter Group USAAF. During his China tour, Holloway earned status as a fighter ace, shooting down 13 Japanese planes.[4][5] He returned to the US in 1944.

Post-war

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General Bruce K. Holloway during his tenure as Vice Chief of Staff of The United States Air Force accompanying Strategic Air Command Commanders-in-Chief General Joseph J. Nazzaro greeted United States Air Force Chief of Staff General John P. McConnell at Strategic Air Command's Headquarters in Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, August 1, 1968.

As commander of the Army Air Forces' first jet-equipped fighter group in 1946, Holloway pioneered in this new field of tactical jet air operations.

After graduation from the National War College in 1951, he progressed through key staff assignments in both operations and development fields at Headquarters U.S. Air Force. Later, as director of operational requirements, he played a key role in preparing and evaluating proposals for many aircraft and missiles.

Holloway spent four years in Tactical Air Command (TAC) as deputy commander of both the 9th and 12th Air Forces, and in 1961 he was named deputy commander in chief of the U.S. Strike Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. Later in that assignment, he also fulfilled additional responsibilities as deputy commander in chief of the Middle East/Southern Asia and Africa South of the Sahara Command.[6]

Senior commands and retirement

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Commanders-in-Chief of The Strategic Air Command General Bruce K. Holloway during a visit to Beale Air Force Base on April 9, 1970

General Holloway assumed command of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe in July 1965, serving in that capacity until his appointment as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force on August 1, 1966, at The Pentagon. He became commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, on August 1, 1968, and remained in that position until retiring from the Air Force on 30 April 1972.

Holloway died of heart failure at age 87 in Orlando, Florida on 30 September 1999. His remains were cremated and interred in his hometown of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Awards and decorations

Holloway's decorations include:[6][7]

Badges

File:COMMAND PILOT WINGS.png US Air Force Command Pilot Badge
File:US Army Airborne basic parachutist badge.gif Parachutist Badge

Personal decorations

Air Force Distinguished Service Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster[7]
Template:Ribbon devices/alt Army Distinguished Service Medal[7]
Template:Ribbon devices/alt Silver Star[7]
Legion of Merit with bronze oak leaf cluster[7]
Distinguished Flying Cross with bronze oak leaf cluster[7]
Air Medal with two bronze oak leaf clusters
Army Commendation Medal with bronze oak leaf cluster

Campaign and service medals

Template:Ribbon devices/alt American Defense Service Medal
Template:Ribbon devices/alt American Campaign Medal
Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal with two bronze campaign stars
Template:Ribbon devices/alt World War II Victory Medal
National Defense Service Medal with bronze service star

Service, training, and marksmanship awards

Air Force Longevity Service Award with silver and two bronze oak leaf clusters

Foreign awards

Template:Ribbon devices/alt Grand Official of the Order of Aeronautical Merit (Brazil)
Template:Ribbon devices/alt Fifth Class of the Order of the Sacred Tripod (China)
Template:Ribbon devices/alt Special Grand Cordon of the Order of the Cloud and Banner (China)
Template:Ribbon devices/alt War Memorial Medal (China)
Template:Ribbon devices/alt Commander of the Legion of Honour (France)
Template:Ribbon devices/alt Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany with star and sash (West Germany)
Template:Ribbon devices/alt Knight Grand Cross of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand (Thailand)

Foreign badges

Effective dates of promotion

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See also

References

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  2. ↑ Marion Military Institute – archives – April 2009 – Bruce K. Holloway '33 – accessed 31 October 2010
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  5. ↑ One memorable flight over Kunming on 15 May 1943 is described in Edward H. Sims' book American Aces in Great Fighter Battles of World War II as the third chapter of that documentary.
  6. ↑ a b Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". – General Bruce K. Holloway – official USAF biography – 1968 – accessed 31 October 2010
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