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Hawley graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science in 1964. He served as commander of United States Air Forces in Europe and Allied Air Forces Central Europe with headquarters at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. He also commanded an Air Force group, a wing and United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force, with headquarters at Yokota Air Base, Japan. He served as a forward air controller at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam, where he flew 433 combat missions. He retired on July 1, 1999.