Robert Whitman Bazley was a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces, from 1984 to 1986. Bazley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1925. He graduated from Brentwood High School and received a bachelor of science degree in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh in 1949. He is also a 1968 graduate of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. Bazley enlisted in September 1943 and entered active duty through the aviation cadet program in January 1944. He received his navigator wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Forces in March 1945. The end of World War II coincided with his completion of B-29 combat crew training and Bazley was released from active duty in February 1946. He then entered the University of Pittsburgh. In November 1951 General Bazley was recalled to active duty and served as an RB-26 navigator with the 12th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron at Kimpo Air Base, South Korea. During the Korean War he flew 50 combat sorties. Bazley entered pilot training in August 1953 and in August 1954 received his wings. 

December 5th, 1925 in Pittsburgh  /  Died:   Dec 16th, 2012