Andrew P . Iosue Andrew Philip Iosue ( ; born November 7 , 1927 ) is a retired United States Air Force four - star general who served as Commander , Air Training Command ( COMATC ) from 1983 to 1986 . Biography . Early years . Iosue was born in 1927 in Somerville , Massachusetts . He graduated from Everett High School ( Everett , Massachusetts ) in 1945 and then attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Bacteriology in 1951 ; and a Master ' s Degree from Cornell University . He holds honorary Doctorate degrees from the University of Massachusetts , University of Rochester and Embry – Riddle Aeronautical Aeronautical University . He entered active duty in July 1951 as a medical service officer with primary duty as a Bacteriologist at Westover Air Force Base , Massachusetts . Iosue next entered flight training . He received his pilot wings in March 1954 at Reese Air Force Base , Texas , and completed training at Mather Air Force Base , California , in September 1954 . He then was assigned to the 36th Rescue Flight Air Rescue Squadron at Johnson Air Base , Japan . From July 1957 to August 1960 , he was an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps instructor at Cornell University . He subsequently returned to operational duties with the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing at Myrtle Beach Air Force Base , South Carolina . In June 1963 Iosue received his initial assignment in tactical airlift , when he joined the 317th Troop Carrier Wing at Évreux Air Base , France , flying C - 130 Hercules . He moved with the wing in 1964 to Lockbourne Air Force Base , Ohio , where he remained until July 1966 as a C - 130 instructor pilot and chief of wing training . Iosue then spent four years as chief of the Rated Officer Assignments Section for the Air Force Military Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base . Vietnam . In July 1970 he went to the Republic of Vietnam and commanded the 504th Tactical Air Support Group at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base . The unit was responsible for the forward air controller s in Southeast Asia . In May 1971 he became commander of the 374th Tactical Airlift Wing at Ching Chuan Kang Air Base , Taiwan . Highlights of this assignment included developing and implementing a C - 130 low - level drop system in support of operations at An Lộc , Republic of Vietnam , in May 1972 ; flying more than 200 combat missions while in Southeast Asia ; and in January 1973 , in support of the release of American prisoners of war , flying the first U . S . Air Force aircraft to land at Gia Lam Airbase in Hanoi , in 19 years . Later career . From June 1973 to July 1975 , Iosue was assigned as deputy director of personnel programs , Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff , Personnel , Headquarters U . S . Air Force , Washington , D . C . He later became director . He was then named commander of the U . S . Air Force Recruiting Service and deputy chief of staff , recruiting for Air Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base . Iosue took command of the Air Force Military Training Center , Lackland Air Force Base , Texas , in September 1976 . In March 1979 , his assigned driver chased Ed Roney , an airman who was in basic training at the time after Roney failed to salute the general ' s staff car as it passed . Roney made his way back to his BMTS . When Roney graduated from BMTS a couple of weeks later , he sent the general two Domino ' s pizzas . In April 1979 he returned to Air Force headquarters as deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel . He took command of Air Training command in 1983 , and retired from the Air Force on September 1 , 1986 . Iosue , a widower , married Shirley Case , an Air force widow , in October 2011 . Since his retirement from the Air Force in 1986 , General Iosue has resided in San Antonio , Texas . He has served as a Director of Kelly Field National Bank and Director of Government Personnel Mutual Life Insurance Company . He has served as President of the San Antonio Golf Association and Vice President of the Rotary Club of San Antonio . He has served on the Executive Boards of Alamo Area Boy Scouts . The United Way , World Affairs Council and C . A . M . P . ( Children ' s Association for Maximum Potential ) . He has also been on the Development Board of the University of Massachusetts and Incarnate Word University and past President of Ratama Race Track . For the past 20 years , General Iosue has spent a good portion of his summers at his summer home in Crosslake , Minnesota . Awards . Iosue was a command pilot with more than 6 , 500 flying hours and earned the Parachutist Badge . His military decorations and awards include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal , Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters , Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster , Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters , Air Force Commendation Medal , Presidential Unit Citation Emblem with oak leaf cluster , Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Ribbon with oak leaf cluster and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with palm . Iosue received an honorary doctor of aeronautics degree from Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University in Prescott , Arizona , in December 1983 and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Akron in May 1985 .