Nathan Twining

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Person.png Nathan Twining  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(officer)
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BornOctober 11, 1897
Monroe, Wisconsin
DiedMarch 29, 1982) (Age 84)
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Relatives • Merrill B. Twining
• Nathan C. Twining
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1957 to 1960

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In office
August 15, 1957 - September 30, 1960
BossThomas Gates, Neil H. McElroy
Preceded byArthur W. Radford
Succeeded byLyman Lemnitzer

Nathan Farragut Twining was a United States Air Force general, born in Monroe, Wisconsin.[1] He was the chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1953[2] until 1957, and the third chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1957 to 1960. He was the first member of the Air Force to serve as Chairman.


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