This list is taken from the Appendix of
"The United
States Air Force in Korea 1950-1953" by Robert Frank Futrell.
Far East Forces
Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer - 21 May 1951
Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge - 21 May 1951-1 June 1951
Gen. Otto P. Weyland - 10 June 1951
Fifth Air Force Commanders
Lt. Gen. Earle E. Partridge - 21 May 1951
Maj. Gen. Edward J. Timberlake, Jr. - 21 May 1951-June 1951
Lt. Gen. Frank F. Everest - 1 June 1951-30 May 1952
Lt. Gen. Glenn O. Barcus - 30 May 1952-31 May 1953
Lt. Gen. Samuel E. Anderson - 21 May 1953
Fifth Air Force Vice Commanders
Maj. Gen. Edward J. Timberlake, Jr. - 18 June 1951
Brig. Gen. Delmar T. Spivey - 6 August 1950-1 December 1950
Brig. Gen. James Ferguson - 18 June 1951-26 January 1952
Brig. Gen. Dudley D. Hale - 26 January 1952-23 September 1952
Brig. Gen. Edward H. Underhill - 23 Sept. 1952
Thirteenth Air force
Maj. Gen. Howard M. Turner - 15 October 1951
Maj. Gen. Ernest Moore - 16 October 1951-October 1952
Brig. Gen. John W. Sessums, Jr. - 10 October 1952
Twentieth Air Force
Maj. Gen. Alvan C. Kincaid - 31 July 1950
Maj. Gen. Ralph F. Stearley - 31 July 1950-13 January 1953
Brig. Gen. Robert W.C. Wimsatt - 14 January 1953-7 February 1953
Brig. Gen. Fay R. Upthegrove - 8 February 1953
FEAMCom and FEALogFor
Brig. Gen. John P. Doyle - 10 June 1952
Maj. Gen. Paul E. Ruestow - 10 June 1952
314th Air Division & Japan Air Defense Force
Maj. Gen. Delmar T. Spivey - 1 December 1950-20 January 1953
Maj. Gen. Roy H. Lynn - 20 January 1953
FEAF Bomber Command (Provisional)
Maj. Gen. Emmett O’Donnell, Jr. - 8 July 1950-10 January 1951
Brig. Gen. James E. Briggs - 10 January 1951-23 May 1951
Brig. Gen. Robert H. Terrill - 23 May 1951-30 September 1951
Brig. Gen. Joe W. Kelly - 30 Sept. 1951-15 March 1952
Brig. Gen. Wiley D. Ganey - 15 March 1952-5 October 1952
Brig. Gen. William P. Fisher - 5 October 1952-15 June 1953
Brig. Gen. Richard H. Carmichael - 15 June 1953
FEAF Combat Cargo Command (Provisional) and 315th Air Division (Combat Cargo)
Maj. Gen. William H. Tunner - 26 August 1950-8 February 1951
Brig. Gen. John P. Henebry - 8 February 1951-26 February 1952
Col. Cecil H. Childre - 26 February 1952-10 April 1952
Maj. Gen. Chester E. McCarty - 10 April 1952
Tactical Air Wing Commanders 3rd Bombardment Wing (Light)
Col. Thomas B. Hall - 14 August 1950
Col. Virgil L. Zoller - 14 August 1950-23 August 1950
Col. Donald L. Clark - 23 August 1950-1 December 1950
Col. Virgil L. Zoller - 1 December 1950-24 July 1951
Col. Nils O. Ohman - 24 July 1951-4 March 1952
Col. Marshall R. Gray - 4 March 1952-14 August 1952
Col. Eugene B. LeBailly - 14 August 1952
4th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
Brig. Gen. George F. Smith - 31 May 1951
Col. Herman A. Schmid - 31 May 1951-1 November 1951
Col. Harrison R. Thyng - 1 November 1951-2 October 1952
Col. Charles W. King - 2 October 1952-11 November 1952
Col. James K. Johnson - 11 November 1952
8th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Col. John M. Price - 9 December 1950
Col. Charles W. Stark - 9 December 1950-7 April 1951
Col. James B. Tipton - 7 April 1951-March 1952
Col. Raymond K. Gallagher - March 1952-23 January 1953
Col. James J. Stone, Jr. - 24 January 1953-29 May 1953
Col. William E. Elder - 29 May 1953
17th Bombardment Wing (Light)
Col. Albert W. Fletcher - 10 May 1952-3 June 1952
Col. Glenn C. Nye - 3 June 1952-7 October 1952
Col. William C. Lindley, Jr. - 7 October 1952-10 October 1952
Col. Clinton C. Wasem - 10 October 1952
18th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Col. Curtis R. Low - 30 November 1950-1 February 1951
Brig. Gen. Turner C. Rogers - 1 February 1951-2 February 1952
Col. Ernest G. Ford - 2 February 1952-7 March 1952
Col. William H. Clark - 7 March 1952-1 January 1953
Col. Frank S. Perego - 1 January 1953-15 June 1953
Col. John C. Edwards - 15 June 1953-5 July 1953
Col. Maurice L. Martin - 5 July 1953
27th Fighter-Escort Wing
Col. Ashley B. Packard - 1 May 1951
Col. Raymond F. Rudell - 1 May 1951
35th Fighter-Interceptor Wing
Col. Virgil L. Zoller - 14 August 1950
Col. Thomas B. Hall - 14 August 1950-1 December 1950
Col. Frederic C. Gray - 1 December 1950-17 February 1951
Col. Brooks A. Lahon - 18 February 1951-12 May 1951
(Transferred to Japan Air Defense Force)
49th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Col. Jack S. Jenkins - 1 December 1950
Col. Aaron W. Tyer - 1 December 1950-31 August 1951
Col. Joe L. Mason - 1 September 1951-31 January 1952
Col. David T. McKnight - 1 February 1952-August 1952
Col. Robert J. Rogers - August 1952-1 April 1953
Col. William W. Ingenhutt - 1 April 1953-April 1953
Col. Edwin A. doss - April 1953
58th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Col. Victor W. Warford - 10 July 1952-1 July 1953
Col. Joseph Davis, Jr. - 1 July 1953
67th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing
Col. Karl L. Polifka - 25 February 1951-1 July 1951
Col. Bert N. Smiley - 2 July 1951-4 July 1951
Col. Vincent W. Howard - 4 July 1951
Col. Edwin S. Chickering - 31 October 1951-13 August 1952
Col. Russell A. Berg - 13 August 1952-July 1953
Col. Charles E. Knierim - July 1953
136th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Col. Albert C. Prendergast - 5 November 1951
Col. Alfred G. Lambert, Jr. - 5 November 1951-10 November 1951
Col. James B. Buck - 10 November 1951-9 July 1952
452nd Bombardment Wing (Light)
Brig. Gen. Luther W. Sweetser, Jr. - 10 May 1951
Col. Brooks A. Lawhon - 12 May 1951-September 1951
Col. Reginald lJ. Clizbe - September 1951-February 1952
Col. Albert W. Fletcher - February 1952-10 May 1952
474th Fighter-Bomber Wing
Col. William W. Ingenhutt - 10 July 1952-1 April 1953
6002nd Tactical Support Wing
Col. Curtis R. Low - 1 August 1950-1 December 1950
6131st Tactical Support Wing
Col. Robert W. Witty - 1 August 1950-16 August 1950
Col. Charles W. Stark - 16 August 1950-1 December 1950
6133rd Tactical Support Wing
Col. Virgil L. Zoller - 1 September 1950-1 December 1950
6149th Tactical Support Wing
Col. Aaron W. Tyer - 5 September 1950-1 December 1950
6150th Tactical Support Wing
Col. Frederic C. Gray - 5 September 1950-1 December 1950
Medium Bomber Commanders 19th Bombardment Group (Medium)
Col. Theodore Q. Graff - 26 September 1950
Col. Payne Jennings Jr. - 26 September 1950-29 March 1951
Col. Donald O. Tower - 29 March 1951-26 July 1951
Col. Adam K. Breckenridge - 26 July 1951-6 February 1952
Col. Julian M. Bleyer - 6 February 1952-8 July 1952
Col. Willard W. Smith - 8 July 1952-24 December 1952
Col. Harvey C. Dorney - 24 December 1952-1 June 1953
19th Bombardment Wing (Medium)
Col. Harvey C. Dorney - 1 June 1953
22nd Bombardment Group (Medium)
Col. James V. Edmundson
(TDY Kadena Air Base, July 1950-October 1950)
92nd Bombardment Group (Medium)
Col. Claude E. Putnam Jr.
(TDY Yokota Air Base, July 1950-October 1950)
98th Bombardment Group (Medium) and 98th Bombardment Wing (Medium) (Advon)
Col. Richard H. Carmichael - 31 March 1951
Col. David Wade - 31 March 1951-September 1951
Col. Edwin F. Harding Jr. - September 1951-November 1951
Col. Lewis A. Curtis - November 1951-May 1952
Col. Winton R. Close - May 1952-15 June 1952
98th Bombardment Wing (Medium)
Col. Winton R. Close - 16 June 1952-26 October 1952
Col. Charles B. Westover - 26 October 1952-17 June 1953
Col. Edgar S. Davis - 17 June 1953
307th Bombardment Group (Medium) and 307th Bombardment Wing (Medium) (Combat Echelon)
Col. John A. Hilger - 15 March 1951
Col. John M. Reynolds - 15 March 1951-20 August 1951
Col. William H. Hanson - 20 August 1951-4 February 1952
Col. John C. Jennison Jr. - 4 February 1952-8 May 1952
Col. Raymond L. Winn - 8 May 1952-16 June 1952
307th Bombardment Wing (Medium)
Col. Raymond L. Winn - 16 June 1952-September 1952
Col. C.S. Overstreet Jr. - September 1952-29 December 1952
Col. Austin J. Russell - 29 December 1952
Troop Carrier Commanders
1st Troop Carrier Group (Medium) (Provisional)
Col. Cecil H. Childre - 26 August 1950-21 October 1950
Lt. Col. Edward H. Nigro - 21 October 1950-10 January 1951
61st Troop Carrier Group (Heavy)
Col. Frank Norwood - 14 February 1952
Lt. Col. Hal E. Ercanbrack - 14 February 1952
314th Troop Carrier Group (Medium)
Col. Richard W. Henderson - 27 August 1951
Col. William H. Delacey - 27 August 1951-29 September 1951
Col. David E. Daniel - 29 September 1951-1 May 1952
315th Troop Carrier Group (Medium)
Col. Kenneth W. Northamer - 10 June 1952-26 July 1953
Col. Robert O. Good - 26 July 1953
374th Troop Carrier Wing (Heavy)
Col. Troy W. Crawford - September 1951
Col. Charles W. Howe - September 1951-9 August 1952
Col. James W. Chapman Jr. - 9 August 1952
403rd Troop Carrier Wing (Medium)
Brig. Gen. Chester E. McCarty - 10 April 1952
Col. Philip H. Best - 14 April 1952-15 May 1952
Col. Maurice F. Casey, Jr. - 15 May 1952-1 January 1953
437th Troop Carrier Wing (Medium)
Brig. Gen. John P. Henebry - 25 January 1952
Col. John R. Roche - 25 January 1951-May 1952
Col. Kenneth W. Northamer - May 1952-9 June 1952
483rd Troop Carrier Wing (Medium)
Col. Maurice F. Casey, Jr. - 1 January 1953
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