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Major General William P. Acker.(United States Air Force)(Biography)
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U.S. Air Force Military Biographies
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January 1, 2004
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MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM P. ACKER
Retired Sep. 1, 1985.
Major General William P. Acker is commander of 3rd Air Force, United States Air Forces in Europe, with headquarters at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall, Suffolk, England.
General Acker was born in Chattanooga, Tenn., in 1930 and graduated from Greenville (S.C.) High School. In 1952 he received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Georgia and was commissioned a second lieutenant through the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps program. The general earned a master's degree in management from Arizona State University in 1959. He completed the Armed Forces Staff College, ...