Jack K. Gamble

**Jack Kenneth Gamble** (Yuli 27, 1922 - Maris 12, 2011) ya kasance babban janar na Sojojin Sama na Amurka wanda ya kasance kwamandan rundunar sojin saman Alaska tare da hedkwatar a Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska . Kwamandan yana da manufar samar da gargadi na hari da wuri ga Amurka da Kanada, tsaron iska na Alaska, da kuma tallafin sama ga sojojin Amurka da ke Alaska.

## Tarihin rayuwa
An haifi Gamble a shekara ta 1922, a Belleville, Illinois . Ya halarci Jami'ar Utah da Jami'ar Maryland, kuma ya kammala karatu a Makarantar Air Command and Staff, 1956, da Kwalejin Masana'antu ta Sojoji, 1964.

Ya shiga cikin Sojojin Sama a watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1942, ya shiga shirin cadet na jirgin sama kuma ya kammala karatu a watan Maris na shekara ta 1943 a Williams Field, Arizona, tare da kwamiti a matsayin mataimakin na biyu da fuka-fukan matukin jirgi. Daga nan sai ya shiga Makarantar Horar da Ma'aikatan Yakin Dare, Orlando, Florida, inda ya tashi jirgin P-70.

A watan Yulin 1943 an sanya shi a cikin 414th Night Fighter Squadron a cikin gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Turai. Ta tashi da Bristol Beaufighter, Gamble ya kammala ayyukan yaƙi 93 a Arewacin Afirka, Sardinia, Corsica, Kudancin Faransa da Arewacin Italiya, yana tara sa'o'i 277 na yaƙi.

A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1944 ya koma Amurka don zama mai koyar da matukin jirgi na P-61 a Hammer Field, Fresno, California. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1946 ya tafi Jamus inda ya shafe shekaru uku yana tashi da jirgin RF-51, P-61, da P-47.

Daga Maris 1949 zuwa Yuli 1953, Gamble ya yi aiki a cikin Daraktan Shirye-shiryen, Hedikwatar Sojojin Sama na Amurka. A watan Disamba na shekara ta 1953 an tura shi zuwa Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, kuma ya zama kwamandan 29th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, inda ya tashi da F-94C. A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1954 ya zama darektan ayyukan yaƙi na 29th Air Division.

A watan Yulin 1955 ya shiga Makarantar Air Command da Staff a Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama . Bayan kammala karatunsa a watan Yunin 1956, Gamble ya fara rangadin musayar aiki tare da hedkwatar rundunar sojin saman Kanada a Ottawa a matsayin shugaban reshen Day Fighter.

An sanya shi a watan Yunin 1958 a matsayin jami'in tsara ma'aikata tare da 37th Air Division kuma daga baya ya kasance mataimakin darektan ayyukan da horo na 30th Air Division a Truax Field, Wisconsin. A watan Nuwamba 1960 ya zama kwamandan 319th Fighter Interceptor Squadron a Bunker Hill Air Force Base, Indiana, inda ya tashi F-106 Delta Dart.

Daga bisani aka sanya Gamble a hedkwatar rundunar sojan sama ta 25 a McChord Air Force Base, Washington, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin shugaban ma'aikata, Injiniyanci, daga Yuli 1961 zuwa Yuni 1963. Daga nan ya zama dalibi a Kwalejin Masana'antu na Sojoji, Fort McNair, Washington, DC.

A watan Yulin 1964 an sake tura shi zuwa Jamus, a wannan lokacin zuwa 86th Air Division a Ramstein Air Base. A matsayinsa na darektan ayyukan, ya tashi da F-102 Delta Dagger har zuwa lokacin da ya dawo Amurka a watan Yulin 1967.

Gamble na gaba ya halarci Darasi na Horar da Rayuwa na Air Defense Command da kuma F-101 Combat Crew Training School a Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. Bayan wannan horo, ya ɗauki kwamandan 52d Fighter Wing a Suffolk County Air Force Base, New York. Ya ɗauki kwamandan 35th Air Division tare da hedikwatar a Hancock Field, New York, a watan Afrilun 1969.

A watan Nuwamba na shekara ta 1969 Gamble ya zama kwamandan rundunar tsaro ta Arewacin Amurka ta 20 / yankin tsaro na nahiyar tare da hedkwatar a Fort Lee Air Force Station, Fort Lee, Virginia, kuma yana da ƙarin ayyuka a matsayin kwamandan, 20th Air Division.

Gamble ya zama kwamandan 25th North American Air Defense Command / Continental Air Defense Region tare da hedkwatar a McChord Air Force Base, Washington, a watan Maris na shekara ta 1972, tare da ƙarin ayyuka a matsayin kwamandan, 25th Air Division. An sanya shi a matsayin kwamandan rundunar sojan saman Alaska tare da hedikwatar a Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, a watan Maris na shekara ta 1974.

Kyaututtuka da kyaututtuka na soja sun haɗa da Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal tare da tarin ganye biyu na itacen oak, Air Force Commendation Medal, Presidential Unit Citation Emblem, da Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Ribbon.

An ɗaukaka shi zuwa matsayi na babban janar daga ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1971, tare da ranar matsayi na Nuwamba 8, 1967. Wani matukin jirgi, Gamble ya yi ritaya a ranar 1 ga Satumba, 1974.

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