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Archie J. Old Jr.
Archie J. Old Jr. (August 1, 1906 – March 24, 1984) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.[1][2] Early lifeOld was born in Farmersville, Texas, on August 1, 1906.[2] Military career Old flew 43 combat missions against Germany. On October 14, 1943, Old led the second raid on the Schweinfurt ball-bearing factories in the Fertile Myrtle III. Of 291 B-17s that reached the target, 60 were downed by flak or enemy fighters, for a loss rate of 20 percent. On June 21, 1944, Old led the second shuttle bombing run to Russia.[3][4] The B-17 that Col. Old was in for the first Schweinfurt mission aborted, so Col. Curtis Lemay and BGen. Robert Williams led the first Schweinfurt raid on 17 August; Col. Old and Maj. Thomas F. Kenny led the second Schweinfurt raid on 14 October 1943. On June 21, 1944, Col. Old led the second Shuttle Mission to Russia.[5] In July 1948 he was named commander of the Atlantic Division of the Military Air Transport Service.[2] In 1951 Old got two of SAC's important overseas jobs of commanding the 7th Air Division in England and the 5th Air Division in French Morocco.[2] Old retired September 1, 1965. He died March 24, 1984, at the base hospital at March Air Force Base.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Commands held
Other achievements Old led Operation Power Flite as a Major General. Three Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses became the first jet aircraft to circle the world nonstop in that mission. The mission was intended to demonstrate that the United States had the ability to drop a hydrogen bomb anywhere in the world.[13] Military awards
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Television appearanceOld appeared, playing himself, in "Massacre", a 1966 episode of the television show Twelve O'Clock High.[15] References
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