Fred F. Castle Jr. is a retired brigadier general in the United States Air Force Reserve Command.

Career

Castle joined the Air Force Reserve in 1967 and was assigned to Scott Air Force Base. In 1969, he transferred to Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base. After serving in the Vietnam War, Castle served as a Lockheed C-130 Hercules instructor pilot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1978 to 1980 and as an evaluator pilot in

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. In 1987, he became a flight commander in the

337th Airlift Squadron The 337th Airlift Squadron is a United States Air Force Reserve squadron, part of the 439th Airlift Wing at Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts. It operates C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft supporting the United States Air Force global reach mis ...

. After later serving as Chief Pilot and Operations Officer, he assumed command of the 337th in 1994. While with the 337th, Castle served in the Gulf War. In 1996, Castle was named a special assistant to the Commander, Twenty-Second Air Force. The following year, he was stationed in

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. He would later serve as a mobilization assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition from 1998 until 2003, when he was assigned to The Pentagon. There, he served as a mobilization assistant to the Director, Air Force Strategic Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs before retiring in 2006. Awards he received include the

Defense Superior Service Medal The Defense Superior Service Medal (DSSM) is a military decoration of the United States Department of Defense, which is presented to United States Armed Forces service members who perform superior meritorious service in a position of significant ...

, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal, the Aerial Achievement Medal, the Air Force Commendation Medal, the Outstanding Unit Award with oak leaf cluster, the Organizational Excellence Award with oak leaf cluster, the Combat Readiness Medal with silver oak leaf cluster and three bronze oak leaf clusters, the

Air Force Good Conduct Medal The Good Conduct Medal is one of the oldest military awards of the United States Armed Forces. The U.S. Navy's variant of the Good Conduct Medal was established in 1869, the Marine Corps version in 1896, the Coast Guard version in 1923, the Army ...

, the Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal with two service stars, the

Southwest Asia Service Medal The Southwest Asia Service Medal (SASM or SWASM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces which was created by order of President George H.W. Bush on March 12, 1991. The award is intended to recognize those military service members ...

with three service stars, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the

Humanitarian Service Medal The Humanitarian Service Medal (HSM) is a military service medal of the United States Armed Forces which was created on January 19, 1977 by President Gerald Ford under . The medal may be awarded to members of the United States military (includi ...

, the

Air Force Longevity Service Award The Air and Space Longevity Service Award (ASLSA) is a military award of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force established as the Air Force Longevity Service Award by Air Force General Order 60, on 25 November 1957 by General ...

with silver oak leaf cluster and three bronze oak leaf clusters, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal with

mobilization device The Armed Forces Reserve Medal (AFRM) is a Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces, service medal of the United States Armed Forces that has existed since 1950. The medal recognizes service performed by members of the reserve com ...

with award numeral 3, the Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon, the Air Force Training Ribbon, the

Vietnam Gallantry Cross The Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross also known as the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross or Vietnam Cross of Gallantry ( vi, Anh-Dũng Bội-Tinh) is a military decoration of the former Government of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam). The medal wa ...

, the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Kuwait) and the Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia).

Education

*B.S. and M.S.,

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– University of Missouri

References

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