Please answer the following question: Facts: - allegiance: united states of america - birth date: c. 1941 - serviceyears: 1965 -- 2002 - name: david r. smith - branch: united states air force - unit: air force reserve command - image: mgen smith david r.jpg - birth place: rochester , new york , u.s. - rank: major general Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of david r. smith -lrb- general -rrb- .
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david r. smith -lrb- born c. 1941 -rrb- was a major general in the united states air force who served as commander of the united states air force reserve command , headquarters u.s. air force , washington d.c. , and commander , headquarters air force reserve , a separate operating agency located at robins air force base , georgia .as chief of air force reserve , he served as the principal adviser on reserve matters to the air force chief of staff .as commander of afres , he had full responsibility for the supervision of u.s. air force reserve units around the world .he was also commander of the 10th air force .smith was born in rochester , new york .he graduated from ithaca high school in 1959 and earned a bachelor of arts degree in business from franklin & marshall college in 1964 .he completed the industrial college of the armed forces in 1977 .in august 1965 he was commissioned as a second lieutenant through the air force reserve officer training corps program and received pilot wings at craig air force base , alabama .he then was assigned to fly the rf-4c phantom ii reconnaissance fighter for the 9th tactical reconnaissance squadron at shaw air force base , south carolina .in june 1966 he was assigned to the 11th tactical reconnaissance squadron , udorn royal thai air force base , thailand .there he flew 100 missions over north vietnam in the rf-4c .after completing his combat tour in january 1967 , he was assigned to the 32nd tactical reconnaissance squadron , royal air force station alconbury , england .in september 1968 he returned to craig air force base 's 3617th flying training squadron as a t-37 instructor pilot , where he remained until his release from active duty in march 1971 .smith joined the air force reserve in june 1971 as a member of the 757th special operations squadron , youngstown municipal airport , ohio , flying the a-37b dragonfly .in june 1973 he became an air reserve technician with the 917th tactical fighter group , barksdale air force base , louisiana , where he...