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Charles Thomas "Tony" Robertson Jr. (born August 15, 1946) is a retired

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general who served as commander in chief,

United States Transportation Command The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is one of eleven unified combatant commands of the United States Department of Defense. The command is located at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and was established in 1987. The USTRANSCO ...

, and commander, Air Mobility Command,

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, Illinois. As commander, he was responsible for the nation's defense transportation requirements.

Background

Raised in

South Carolina )'' Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

, Robertson graduated from the

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in 1968. During his 33-year career he has held a variety of operational and staff positions, including command at the squadron, wing and numbered air force levels. In previous assignments he served as director, personnel plans, Headquarters United States Air Force; vice director, the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff; vice commander, Air Mobility Command, and commander, Fifteenth Air Force. A command pilot, he has logged 4,700 hours in airlift, tanker and bomber aircraft, including 150 combat missions as a gunship pilot in Vietnam. Robertson retired on December 1, 2001.

Education

*1968 Bachelor of Science degree in engineering science,

, Colorado Springs, Colorado *1975 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama *1977 Master's degree in industrial management, Central Michigan University *1985 National War College,

Fort Lesley J. McNair Fort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of Greenleaf Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Cha ...

, Washington, D.C. *1994 National and International Security Program,

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, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Assignments

*August 1968 – August 1969, student, undergraduate pilot training, 3550th Student Squadron,

Moody Air Force Base Moody Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force installation near Valdosta, Georgia. Geography The base is in northeastern Lowndes County, Georgia, with the eastern border of the base following the Lanier County line. Georgia State Rout ...

, Georgia *April 1970 – April 1971, AC-119K gunship pilot, 18th Special Operations Squadron, Da Nang Air Base, South Vietnam *May 1971 – June 1974, B-52H co-pilot, aircraft commander, instructor pilot and flight examiner, 17th Bombardment Wing,

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. It includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wr ...

, Ohio *August 1974 – October 1975, assistant to the chief of staff, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska *October 1975 – August 1977, aide and executive officer to the vice commander in chief, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska *August 1977 – March 1980, FB-111A commander, flight commander and assistant operations officer, 528th Bomb Squadron, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York *March 1980 – May 1982, plans and programming officer, Strategic Forces Division, Directorate of Programs and Evaluation, Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Resources, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. *May 1982 – June 1984, FB-111A commander, 529th Bomb Squadron, later, assistant deputy commander for maintenance, 380th Bombardment Wing, Plattsburgh Air Force Base, New York *June 1984 – July 1985, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. *July 1985 – June 1986, executive officer to the Air Force vice chief of staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. *June 1986 – July 1987, assistant for general officer matters, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. *July 1987 – January 1989, vice commander, later, commander,

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, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana *January 1989 – January 1990, commander,

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, Kansas *January 1990 – August 1991, assistant deputy chief of staff, Plans and Resources, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska *August 1991 – June 1993, director, Personnel Plans, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. *June 1993 – June 1995, vice director, the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. *June 1995 – September 1996, vice commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois *September 1996 – July 1998, commander, Fifteenth Air Force,

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, California *August 1998 – December 2001, commander in chief,

, and commander, Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois

Flight information

*Rating:

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, parachutist *Flight hours: 4,700 *Aircraft flown: AC-119K,

B-1B The Rockwell B-1 Lancer is a supersonic variable-sweep wing, heavy bomber used by the United States Air Force. It is commonly called the "Bone" (from "B-One"). It is one of three strategic bombers serving in the U.S. Air Force fleet along wit ...

, B-2,

B-52 The Boeing B-52 Stratofortress is an American long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bomber. The B-52 was designed and built by Boeing, which has continued to provide support and upgrades. It has been operated by the United States Air ...

, C-5, C-9, C-17,

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, C-21, C-37,

C-130 The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is an American four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built by Lockheed Corporation, Lockheed (now Lockheed Martin). Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 ...

C-141 The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a retired military strategic airlifter that served with the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), its successor organization the Military Airlift Command (MAC), and finally the Air Mobility Command (AMC) of the ...

, EC-135,

FB-111A The General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark is a retired supersonic, medium-range, multirole combat aircraft. Production variants of the F-111 had roles that included ground attack (e.g. interdiction), strategic bombing (including nuclear weapons c ...

KC-10 The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is an American aerial refueling tanker aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF). A military version of the three-engine DC-10 airliner, the KC-10 was developed from the Advanced Tanker Cargo A ...

KC-135 The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker is an American military aerial refueling aircraft that was developed from the Boeing 367-80 prototype, alongside the Boeing 707 airliner. It is the predominant variant of the C-135 Stratolifter family of transpo ...

, T-1, T-6, T-37, T-38 and

T-39 The North American Sabreliner, later sold as the Rockwell Sabreliner, is an American mid-sized business jet developed by North American Aviation. It was offered to the United States Air Force (USAF) in response to its Utility Trainer Experimen ...

Awards and decorations

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