Central Treaty Organization
Anthis became commander of the Seventeenth Air Force, USAFE, then headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, West Germany, in December 1967. He also served as commander of Allied Sector III, Air Defense, Fourth Allied Tactical Air Force headquartered at Börfink, West Germany. Anthis assumed duties as chief of staff, Combined Military Planning Staff, Central Treaty Organization, Ankara, Turkey, in July 1969. In December 1971 he was assigned as assistant to the commander, Air Force Logistics Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. On 1 August 1972 he began serving as senior member, United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission, Korea. He retired from the USAF on 1 May 1973.