Wayne Winston Lambert (born January 3, 1936) was an Air Force

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. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, after already having served a year in the US Army. Lambert graduated from the Academy in 1959 with a B.S. degree in military science and was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF that same year. He trained as a bomber pilot, receiving his Aviator badge in 1960. He has logged over 5,800 flying hours with the US Air Force. A seasoned combat veteran, Lambert flew over 225 combat missions in South East Asia as a B-52 crew member. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) and received 10 awards of the Air Medal for his service during the Vietnamese War. After serving in a succession of lesser command positions, Lambert was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1983, assuming command of the former

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, headquartered then at

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in West Germany, and overseeing SAC operations throughout the European theater. The Brigadier General retired from the US Air Force in 1989.
official US Air Force biography Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, Lambert graduated from

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High School in 1953 and attended Sullivan Preparatory School in Washington, D.C. before enlisting in the Army. He also holds an MBA from Chapman College ('76). Lambert completed courses at the Air Command and Staff College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1973 and the Army War College in 1977. His son Wayne W. Lambert Jr. is a 1984 graduate of West Point who served as an Army field artillery officer. In retirement, Lambert publicly supported U.S. presidential candidate

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and U.S. vice presidential candidate

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in the 2012 general election.
500 generals and admirals support Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lambert, Wayne W. 1936 births Living people People from Bainbridge, Georgia United States Military Academy alumni United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War Recipients of the Air Medal Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Air Command and Staff College alumni Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy alumni Chapman University alumni United States Army War College alumni Recipients of the Legion of Merit United States Air Force generals Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal