Felix Michael Rogers - Arlington VA - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Section 30, Site 668-LH

Description: From Find A Grave: US Air Force General. A fighter ace in the European Theater during World War II, he was a highly decorated military officer who went on to become the Commander-in-Chief of Air Force Logistics Command (now Air Force Material Command) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Born Felix Michael Rogers, he graduated from Newton North High School in Newtonville, Massachusetts in 1939 and enlisted as a private in the US Army Air Corps in April 1942, following the US entry into World War II. In August 1942 he became an aviation cadet, completing his pilot training at Yuma, Arizona in 1943 and received a commission as a 2nd lieutenant. During World War II he served as a P-39 Airacobra pilot with the 353rd Fighter Squadron at Hamilton Field, California and moved with the squadron to the European Theater of Operations, where he flew P-51 Mustang aircraft in combat operations and became squadron commander. During this time, he was credited with shooting down 12 enemy aircraft. In January 1945 he returned to the US and was assigned to flying duties in fighter aircraft until November 1945 when he became commandant of troops at Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. He served as a flight commander, operations officer, and commander of the 77th Fighter Squadron, 20th Fighter Group, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina from September 1946 and June 1947. He then enrolled at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, under the Air Force Institute of Technology program from July 1947 to August 1949 and was transferred to Headquarters US Air Force in Washington DC as an intelligence staff officer in the Directorate of Intelligence. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland at College Park, Maryland, he attended the language course at Lacaze Academy in Washington DC, from October 1952 until June 1953, in preparation for attaché duties at Madrid, Spain. In 1957 he returned to Headquarters US Air Force as chief of the Current Intelligence Branch in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations. In 1958 he was transferred to the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as director of current intelligence, J-2, and in August 1960 he entered the National War College at Fort McNair in Washington DC. After graduating in July 1961, he was assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense in Washington DC, with duty station at the State Department. In May 1963 he served as secretary of the Air Force Council in the Office of the Vice Chief of Staff from May 1962 until February 1963, and then as director of the secretariat, Air Force Council Designated Systems Management Group, Air Staff Board, and three years later he was assigned to Air Force Systems Command (now included with Air Force Material Command) as assistant deputy chief of staff, development plans in September 1966, and in August 1968 became deputy chief of staff, development plans. During this time, he was responsible for the concept formulation of the F-15 Eagle, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the E-3 Sentry AWACS, and the B-1 Lancer aircraft. From July 1970 until August 1971 he was the senior member, United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission, Korea. In August 1971 he became the deputy chief of staff for technical training at Headquarters Air Training Command (now Headquarters Air Education and Training Command) at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas (now part of Joint Base San Antonio) and the following year he became vice commander of Air Training Command. In November 1973 he was appointed commander of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In August 1975 he became the Commander-in-Chief of Air Force Logistics Command (now Air Force Material Command) and the following month, he was promoted to the rank of general in September 1975 and retired in that position in January 1978, with 36 years of continuous military service. Date of birth: 07/06/1921 Date of death: 04/23/2014 Area of notoriety: Military Marker Type: Monument Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: None Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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