Buster Glosson

Buster C. Glosson

Lieutenant General Buster Glosson
Born (1942-03-14) March 14, 1942
Greensboro, North Carolina
Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch  United States Air Force
Years of service 1965-1994
Rank Lieutenant General
Commands held 1st Tactical Fighter Wing
Battles/wars Vietnam War
Operation Desert Storm
Awards Legion of Merit (3)
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Medal (4)

Lieutenant General Buster Cleveland Glosson[1] (born March 14, 1942)[2] was the deputy chief of staff for plans and operations at the headquarters for the U.S. Air Force in Washington D.C.[3] He was responsible to the secretary of the Air Force and chief of staff for the planning, operations, requirements and force structure necessary to support military operations. As the Air Force operations deputy to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he determined operational requirements, concepts, doctrine, strategy, training and the assets necessary to support National Security Objectives and military strategy.

Education

He received his bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from North Carolina State University in 1965. He attended the Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia in 1977 and the National War College at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. in 1981.

Career

Glosson entered the Air Force in 1965 as a distinguished graduate of the North Carolina State University Reserve Officer Training Corps program.[4] He flew combat missions as a flight commander in both North and South Vietnam.[5] He commanded the Air Force Fighter Weapons Squadron and two tactical fighter wings. During the Gulf War, he commanded the 14th Air Division (Provisional) and was director of campaign plans for U.S. Central Command Air Forces, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In this function, he was responsible for planning the bombardment of Baghdad on January 17, 1991, that resulted in the near total destruction of the Iraqi command and control structure within the first hours of the air campaign.[6][7] The Amiriyah shelter bombing on February 13 that year, that killed over 400 Iraqi civilians, was also carried out under his responsibility.

He is a command pilot with more than 3,600 flying hours primarily in the F-4, F-15C and F-15E.

Glosson retired on July 1, 1994. After his retirement, Glosson wrote a book titled War with Iraq: critical lessons about the Gulf War and the lessons that in his view can be learned from it.[8]

Assignments

Flight information

Glosson is rated as a Command pilot with more than 3,600 flight hours having flown: F-4, F-5, F-15C, F-15E and T-38.

Major awards and decorations

Publication

Promotion Dates

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.ncsu.edu/univ_relations/bovweb.html
  3. ↑ "Air Force chief rebukes highly regarded general". Star News. December 4, 1993. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ Jon Zimmerman, Dwight; John D. Gresham (2008). Beyond Hell and Back: How America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting Unit. Macmillan. p. 162. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  5. ↑ D. Whitcomb, Darrel (1998). The rescue of Bat 21. Naval Institute Press. p. 183. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Interview with General Buster Glosson". ABC Online. March 17, 2003. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  7. ↑ Al Santoli (September 26, 1993). "The Price". Daily News. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  8. ↑ Glosson, Buster (2003). War with Iraq: critical lessons. Glosson Family Foundation. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
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