F . Michael Rogers Felix Michael Rogers ( born July 6 , 1921 ) , usually known as Michael Rogers , is a retired General in the United States Air Force and the former commander of the Air Force Logistics Command , with headquarters at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio . The command mission is to provide worldwide technical logistics support to all Air Force active and Reserve force activities , Military Assistance Program countries , and designated United States Government agencies . He is a graduate of the National War College . Biography . Early life . Rogers was born in Somerville , Massachusetts , in 1921 . He graduated from Newton High School in Newtonville in 1939 . He enlisted as a private in April 1942 , became an aviation cadet in August 1942 , and completed pilot training and received a commission as a second lieutenant at Yuma , Arizona in 1943 . During World War II , Rogers served as a P - 39 Airacobra pilot with the 353rd Fighter Squadron at Hamilton Field , California He moved with the squadron to the European Theater of Operations , flew P - 51 Mustang aircraft and became squadron commander . He is a fighter ace , credited with 12 enemy aircraft while flying from bases in England , Italy and France . He returned to the United States in January 1945 and was assigned to flying duties in fighter aircraft until November 1945 when he became commandant of troops at Hunter Field , Georgia . Between September 1946 and June 1947 , he served as flight commander , operations officer , and commander of the 77th Fighter Squadron , 20th Fighter Group , at Shaw Air Force Base , South Carolina . He next was a student at the University of Virginia under the Air Force Institute of Technology program from July 1947 to August 1949 . In August 1949 Rogers was transferred to Headquarters United States Air Force as an intelligence staff officer in the Directorate of Intelligence . He attended the language course at Lacaze Academy in Washington D . C . , from October 1952 to June 1953 , in preparation for attach duties . He received a bachelor of science degree in military science from the University of Maryland in 1952 . Rogers served as assistant air attach in Madrid , Spain from June 1953 to February 1957 . He then returned to Headquarters United States Air Force as chief of the Current Intelligence Branch in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff , Operations . In 1958 he was transferred to the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as director of current intelligence , J - 2 , and in August 1960 entered the National War College . In July 1961 he was assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense with duty station at the State Department . Later career . Rogers served as secretary of the Air Force Council in the Office of the Vice Chief of Staff from May 1962 until February 1963 , and then as director of the secretariat , Air Force Council Designated Systems Management Group , Air Staff Board . He was assigned to Air Force Systems Command as assistant deputy chief of staff , development plans in September 1966 , and became deputy chief of staff , development plans in August 1968 . Rogers served as senior member , United Nations Command , Military Armistice Commission , Korea , from July 1970 to August 1971 . He assumed the position of deputy chief of staff for technical training at Air Training Command Headquarters in August 1971 . He became vice commander of Air Training Command in November 1972 . In November 1973 , Rogers was appointed commander of the Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama . In this position , he directed the professional military education programs for both officers and noncommissioned officers to meet the requirements of the Air Force . He became commander of the Air Force Logistics Command in August 1975 . Rogers was promoted to the grade of general effective Sept . 1 , 1975 . He retired on January 31 , 1978 . After retirement , he helped to co - found MGM Grand Air with another Los Angeles businessman . Now retired , Rogers resides in Santa Barbara , California . Awards . Awards earned during his career :