Clements McMullen was an American Air Force major general whose last assignment was deputy commander, Strategic Air Command, headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
20 Facts About Clements McMullen
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Clements McMullen assumed this position January 10,1947 and served until October 25,1948.
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Clements McMullen attended Washington and Lee University in Virginia and engaged in civil engineering in Florida for five years.
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Clements McMullen became a flying cadet on September 18,1917, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Aviation Section, Signal Reserve on March 6,1918.
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Clements McMullen joined the 90th Aero Squadron at Eagle Pass, Texas, in July 1919 for border patrol duty.
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Clements McMullen became a Flight Commander with the 1st Surveillance Group there in January 1920.
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Clements McMullen became Assistant Engineer Officer at the Montgomery Air Intermediate Depot in Alabama in January 1921.
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Clements McMullen went to Carlstrom Field, Florida, in December 1921 as the Officer in Charge of the Machine Shop and Motor Tests.
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Clements McMullen went to Camp Nichols, Philippine Islands, in July 1926 for duty with the 2nd Observation Squadron.
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Clements McMullen returned to the United States in July 1928 to enter the Air Corps Engineering School at Wright Field, Ohio.
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Clements McMullen came Chief of the Power Plant Branch in April 1932.
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Clements McMullen entered the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Alabama, in September 1933.
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Clements McMullen graduated in June 1934 and remained there as post engineering officer.
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Clements McMullen graduated in June 1938 and then became chief engineering officer at the San Antonio Air Depot in Texas.
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Clements McMullen became commanding officer of the 3rd Air Service Area Command in January 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Clements McMullen became Chief of Staff at PACUSA, with headquarters in Tokyo, in January 1946, returning to AAF headquarters in Washington, DC, the following October.
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Clements McMullen was rated a command pilot, combat observer and technical observer.
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Clements McMullen's decorations include Air Medal and Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster.
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Clements McMullen retired on February 28,1954, and died in 1959.
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One of his sons, Thomas Henry McMullen was a lieutenant general in the Air Force.