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Article: Brigadier General Frederick E. Calhoun.(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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BRIGADIER GENERAL FREDERICK E. CALHOUN
Died Oct. 23, 1997.
Frederick Earl Calhoun was born in Ashe County, N.C., in 1907. He graduated from Elk Creek High School in 1924 and from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1928, receiving a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering.
He was appointed a flying cadet in February 1929 and graduated from primary and advanced schools in San Antonio, Texas. He was rated a pilot and commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Reserve, Feb. 15, 1930. He received his regular commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Corps, May 8, 1930.
Lieutenant Calhoun was assigned to the famous Third Attack ...