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Article: General James E. Hill.(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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GENERAL JAMES E. HILL
Retired Dec. 31, 1979. Died May 20, 1999.
General James E. Hill is commander in chief of the North American Air Defense Command and the U.S. Air Force Aerospace Defense Command, with consolidated headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colo.
General Hill was born in 1921, in Stillwater, Okla. He graduated from Stillwater High School and then attended Oklahoma State University and the University of Oklahoma. He entered the U.S. Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in March 1942 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant upon completing pilot training in February 1943.
In December 1943 General ...