Nathan Twining
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Born | October 11, 1897 Monroe, Wisconsin | |||||||||||||||
Died | March 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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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.