Hans Helmuth Driessnack (August 11, 1927 – October 16, 2006) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force, in which he served as a fighter pilot and later, Comptroller of the Air Force.

Early life and education

Driessnack was born in Yonkers,

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in 1927, and graduated from Charles E. Gorton High School in 1945. In 1951, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from

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, where he was enrolled in the

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. He was also a member of the Syracuse Orange men's crew from 1947 to 1950. In 1959, he received a master's degree in business administration from the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.

Military service

After graduating from Syracuse and the AFROTC program, Driessnack was commissioned as a

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in March 1951. He served as a base civil engineering officer until October, 1952, at which time he entered the pilot training program at

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, Texas. In the spring of 1953, having completed combat crew training at what was then

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. He deployed to South Korea, where he served as a fighter pilot in the

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, flying twenty-five combat missions during the Korean War. In March 1954, he was assigned to the 517th Strategic Fighter Wing at the Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana. He was then reassigned on base to the

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as a pilot and wing maintenance control officer. He also performed two periods of temporary duty, with the Far East Air Force and in Alaska. After graduating from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1959, Driessnack remained at Wright-Patterson to work as a research and development staff officer on the Douglas C-133 Cargomaster and Lockheed C-141 Starlifter programs. He entered the Air Command and Staff College in September 1962. In July 1963, he was transferred to the headquarters of the

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in Maryland. He was assigned to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Comptroller, as an R&D officer in the Management Systems Development Division. Driessnack graduated from the Naval War College in 1970 and returned to the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Comptroller at the Air Force Systems Command as the director of cost analysis. He served as the comptroller for the Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from 1972 to August 1974. He was then named the Deputy Chief of Staff, Comptroller at the Air Force Systems Command. In May 1976, he was promoted to deputy chief of staff, procurement and production. In August 1978, he was appointed as the comptroller of the Air Force. In July 1981, he was appointed as the assistant vice chief of staff at the headquarters of the U.S. Air Force in the Pentagon.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Driessnack, Hans H. 1927 births People from Yonkers, New York United States Air Force generals Recipients of the Air Medal Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Legion of Merit 2006 deaths Syracuse Orange rowers