Philip G. Killey

Philip G. Killey

Major General Philip G. Killey
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch  United States Air Force
Rank Major General
Awards Legion of Merit
Order of the Sword (United States)

Maj Gen Philip G. Killey was the first guard member to serve as Commander, 1st Air Force (1994–1998),[1] director of the Air National Guard from 1 November 1988 to 28 January 1994. [2] and the Adjutant General of the South Dakota National Guard. He has a Bachelors of science degree in economics and mathematics from Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois. General Killey received his commission in 1963 through Officer Training School, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. He served a tour in Southeast Asia in 1967-1968 flying the F-4 with the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. He left active duty in 1969 and joined the Air National Guard in 1970. He held various positions with the South Dakota Air National Guard before becoming adjutant general. He was recalled to active duty as director of the Air National Guard from 1988 until 1994. The general was the first Guardsman to serve as commander, 1st Air Force, Air Combat Command, and Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida from 1994 until 1998.

In 2009 several years after Maj. Gen. Killey retired the First Air Force memorialized him by naming the headquarters Homeland Operations complex the Killey Center.[3]

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Major awards and decorations

Assignments

  1. November 1963 – February 1965, student, pilot training, Reese Air Force Base, Texas
  2. August 1965 – May 1967, F-4 pilot, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
  3. May 1967 – February 1968, combat fighter pilot, 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand
  4. February 1968 – July 1969, F-4 instructor pilot, 68th Tactical Fighter Squadron, George Air Force Base, Calif.
  5. August 1970 – March 1973, squadron fighter pilot, 114th Tactical Fighter Group, South Dakota Air National Guard, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  6. March 1973 – October 1974, air technician flying training instructor, 114th Tactical Fighter Group, South Dakota Air National Guard, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  7. October 1974 – September 1978, group weapons tactics officer and chief of standardization and evaluation, 114th Tactical Fighter Group, South Dakota Air National Guard, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  8. September 1978 – March 1983, deputy commander for operations, 114th Tactical Fighter Group, South Dakota Air National Guard, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  9. March 1983 – March 1987, commander, 114th Tactical Fighter Group, South Dakota Air National Guard, Sioux Falls, S.D.
  10. March 1987 – November 1988, adjutant general, South Dakota National Guard, Rapid City, S.D.
  11. November 1988 – January 1994, director, Air National Guard, Washington D.C.
  12. January 1994 – January 1998, commander, 1st Air Force, Air Combat Command, and Continental United States North American Aerospace Defense Command Region, Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla.
  13. May 1998 – Feb 2003, adjutant general, South Dakota National Guard, Rapid City, S.D.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Williamson Militia Man Award Presented, 25 Feb 2004, https://sdguard.ngb.army.mil/publish/publish.aspx?Story=207&Rel=5, retrieved 21 Dec 2011 
  2. ^ "Active Major Command and ANG Leaders", Air Force Magazine (Air Force Association): 106, May 2011, http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Magazine%20Documents/2011/May%202011/0511leaders.pdf, retrieved 20 December 2011 
  3. ^ Killey, Arnold recognized at dedication ceremony, US Air Force, http://www.1af.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123139766, retrieved 21 Dec 2011 

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Military offices
Preceded by
Maj Gen John B. Conaway		 Director of the United States Air National Guard
November 1988 - January 1994		 Succeeded by
Maj Gen Donald Shepperd