Major General Christopher S. Adams, Jr. General Adams is a native of Tomball, Texas. Following graduation from Tarleton State College, he attended East Texas State University graduating in 1952, and entered the United States Air Force as a Second Lieutenant. Following pilot training, he was assigned to Strategic Air Command as a combat crew member and bomber pilot, flying B-36's and B-52's for the next ten years. In 1963, he completed Minuteman ICBM crew training and served as an ICBM Combat Crew Commander and Instructor for three years. He completed C-141 transport training in 1966, and flew in support of the war in Vietnam prior to being assigned to the 388th Tac Fighter Wing at Korat, Thailand where he flew the venerable SC-47 (Gooneybird) in combat for the next year. Returning to the U.S., he served with the Defense Nuclear Agency at Sandia Base, New Mexico and in Washington, D.C. until 1973 when he returned to Strategic Air Command as commander of a Minuteman ICBM wing. Promoted to Brigadier General in 1976, he became Commander of the 12th Air Division at Dyess Air Force Base, Abilene, Texas. In 1978 he was transferred to Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Omaha, Nebraska as Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations-Plans and finally Chief of Staff, Strategic Air Command. Following 31 years, 8,000 flying hours, 1,100 in combat in Southeast Asia, and a rewarding career, he retired in 1983 to become Associate Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory. |
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