Andrew P. Iosue

Infobox Military Person
name=Andrew P. Iosue
born= birth year and age|1927
died=
placeofbirth=Somerville, Massachusetts
placeofdeath=


caption=General Andrew P. Iosue
nickname=
allegiance= United States of America
branch= United States Air Force
serviceyears=1951-1986
rank= General
commands=Air Training Command Air Force Military Training Center 374th Tactical Airlift Wing
unit=
battles= Vietnam War
awards=Legion of Merit (3) Distinguished Flying Cross (2) Air Medal (4)
laterwork=

Andrew P. Iosue is a retired United States Air Force four star general who served as Commander, Air Training Command (COMATC) from 1983 to 1986.

Early years

Iosue was born in 1927 in Somerville, Massachusetts. He graduated from Everett High School in 1945 and then attended the University of Massachusetts where he received a bachelor of science degree in bacteriology in 1951. He entered active duty in July 1951 as a medical service officer with primary duty as a bacteriologist at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts. Iosue next entered flight training. He received his pilot wings in March 1954 at Reese Air Force Base, Texas, and completed training at Mather Air Force Base, California, in September 1954. He then was assigned to the 36th Air Rescue Squadron at Johnson Air Base, Japan.

From July 1957 to August 1960, he was an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor at Cornell University. He subsequently returned to operational duties with the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina. In June 1963 Iosue received his initial assignment in tactical airlift, when he joined the 317th Troop Carrier Wing at Evreux Air Base, France, flying C-130 Herculess. He moved with the wing, in 1964, to Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio, where he remained until July 1966 as a C-130 instructor pilot and chief of wing training. Iosue then spent four years as chief of the Rated Officer Assignments Section for the Air Force Military Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base.

In July 1970 he went to the Republic of Vietnam and commanded the 504th Tactical Control Group at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base. The unit was responsible for the forward air controllers in Southeast Asia. In May 1971 he became commander of the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base, Taiwan. Highlights of this assignment included developing and implementing a C-130 low-level drop system in support of operations at An Loc, Republic of Vietnam, in May 1972; flying more than 200 combat missions while in Southeast Asia; and in January 1973, in support of the release of American prisoners of war, flying the first U.S. Air Force aircraft to land at Gia Lam Airbase in Hanoi, in 19 years.

From June 1973 to July 1975, Iosue was assigned as deputy director of personnel programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. He later became director. He was then named commander of the U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service and deputy chief of staff, recruiting for Air Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base.

Iosue took command of the Air Force Military Training Center, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in September 1976. In April 1979 he returned to Air Force headquarters as deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel. He took command of Air Training command in 1983, and retired from the air force on September 1, 1986.

Iosue was a command pilot with more than 6,500 flying hours and earned the Parachutist Badge. His military decorations and awards include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal, Presidential Unit Citation Emblem with oak leaf cluster, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Ribbon with oak leaf cluster and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm.

Iosue received an honorary doctor of aeronautics degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott, Arizona, in December 1983 and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Akron in May 1985.

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