Melvin F . Chubb , Jr . Lieutenant General Melvin F . Chubb Jr . ( born January 1 , 1934 ) served as commander of the Electronic Systems Division , Air Force Systems Command , Hanscom Air Force Base , Massachusetts . Chubb was born in Joplin , Missouri in 1934 . He graduated from Wentworth Military Academy , Lexington , Missouri , in 1951 and received a bachelor ' s degree in aeronautical engineering from Texas A & M University , College Station , in 1962 . He earned master ' s degrees in astro - engineering from the University of Southern California , in 1965 and in business administration from The George Washington University , in 1972 . He completed the Industrial College of the Armed Forces , Fort Lesley J . McNair , Washington , D . C . , in 1972 . He was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1955 after completing aviation cadet training . Chubb then received advanced pilot training in F - 86D ' s and was subsequently assigned to the 54th Fighter - Interceptor Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base , South Dakota . After completing his degree at Texas A & M University , he was assigned to a space system program office in Space Systems Division , Los Angeles , from September 1962 to June 1966 . After six months of F - 100 combat crew training at Luke Air Force Base , Arizona , Chubb served a combat tour of duty as a forward air controller in the Republic of Vietnam . Returning to Los Angeles in January 1968 , Chubb was chief of the Engineering Division , Defense Systems Application System Program Office , Space and Missile Systems Organization , until August 1971 . He then attended the Industrial College of the Armed Forces . In August 1972 Chubb was assigned to Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio , as deputy director of the AGM - 65 Maverick System Program Office , and in 1973 he became program director . He transferred to Headquarters Air Force Systems Command , Andrews Air Force Base , Maryland , in January 1975 and served as assistant deputy chief of staff for systems . He returned to Wright - Patterson Air Force Base in August 1977 and was assigned as Aeronautical Systems Division ' s deputy for strategic systems . While there he managed the acquisition of all Air Force aeronautical strategic systems , including B - 52 weapon system improvements , B - 1 research and development , the short - range attack missile program , the advanced strategic air - launched missile program , the air - launched cruise missile and the B - 1B program . In January 1982 he became deputy chief of staff for systems , Air Force Systems Command headquarters , Andrews Air Force Base . He assumed command of Electronic Systems Division in August 1984 . Chubb is a command pilot with more than 5 , 000 flying hours and wears the missile badge . He completed 500 combat missions with 1 , 000 combat hours . His military decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal , Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster , Distinguished Flying Cross , Purple Heart , Meritorious Service Medal , Air Medal with 16 oak leaf clusters and Air Force Commendation Medal . He was promoted to lieutenant general August 1 , 1984 , with same date of rank . He retired on October 1 , 1988 .