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Grandson of Enola Gay pilot to command B-2 unit

The grandson of the pilot who flew the Enola Gay will command the Air Force’s stealth nuclear bomber unit. Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets IV will command the 509thBomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh announced Friday. Tibbets is currently the deputy director of nuclear operations…

The grandson of the pilot who flew the Enola Gay will command the Air Force’s stealth nuclear bomber unit.

Brig. Gen. Paul W. Tibbets IV will command the 509thBomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh announced Friday. Tibbets is currently the deputy director of nuclear operations for U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.

via Grandson of Enola Gay pilot to command B-2 unit.

Talk about the family business.

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  1. Father Paul Lemmen

    Reblogged this on A Conservative Christian Man.

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  2. jjak

    How about a photo of the two of them flying Fifi in ’98?http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2011/12/grandson-of-legendary-air-force-pilot-reflects-family-legacy/

    The article is interesting too.

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  3. captainned

    May he never have to fly the mission Paw-Paw did.

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  4. Pave Low John

    I was at The Zoo (aka USAFA) as a freshman when Tibbets was a junior, he was a really squared away guy, even back then. Back then, a really fast way to get your ass ripped as a smack (freshman) was to not know the significance of his last name. Good to see at least one decent general in Big Blue these days…

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