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MAJOR GENERAL WILLIAM J.
MALL JR.
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Major General William
J. Mall Jr. is director of personnel plans, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, Headquarters U.S. Air Force,
Washington, D.C. He is responsible for all aspects of
personnel planning and policy to assure the Air Force of the
quantity and quality of trained, motivated people necessary to
meet its mission in either peace or war.
General Mail
was born in 1933, in Pittsburgh where he graduated from North
Catholic High School. He graduated from the University of
Pittsburgh in 1954 with a bachelor's degree in business
administration. He earned a master's degree in business
administration from The George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., and completed the Air Command and Staff
College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., in 1966. General Mall
also attended the Senior Managers in Government program at
Harvard University in 1980.
He began his military
career with a commission as a second lieutenant from the
Reserve Officers' Training Corps program at the University of
Pittsburgh in 1954. After graduation from pilot training at
Greenville Air Force Base, Miss., in September 1955, his first
assignment was to the 310th Strategic Bombardment Wing,
Schilling Air Force Base, Kan., where he flew aerial tankers
and strategic bombers. He then attended the Air Command and
Staff College from August 1965 until October 1966.
Following graduation General Mail was assigned to the
436th Military Airlift Wing, Dover Air Force Base, Del., as a
C-141 pilot and later as chief of the wing airlift command
post. From December 1970 to January 1972, he was stationed in
the Republic of Vietnam at Bien Hoa and Phan Rang air bases,
and at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. During the
Vietnam War, General Mall flew more than 900 combat hours in
three types of aircraft. Upon his return to the United States
in January 1972, he was an operations staff officer assigned
to the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington,
D.C.
He returned to the Military Airlift Command in
January 1974 as assistant deputy commander for operations and
later deputy commander for operations, 63rd Military Airlift
Wing at Norton Air Force Base, Calif. He transferred to Scott
Air Force Base, Ill., and from November 1977 to May 1978, he
was the inspector general of the Military Airlift Command. He
then returned to Dover Air Force Base as commander of the
436th Military Airlift Wing, the only all-C-5A wing in the
Military Airlift Command. He returned to Scott Air Force Base
in March 1979 as deputy chief of staff for personnel,
Headquarters Military Airlift Command and took command of the
Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service there in August 1981. In
March 1983 he become the first commander of Military Airlift
Command's 23rd Air Force. He assumed his present duties in
September 1985.
The general is a command pilot with
more than 7,000 flying hours. His military decorations and
awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of
Merit with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious
Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with oak leaf
cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Air Force
Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Air Force
Outstanding Unit Award Ribbon with two oak leaf clusters,
Combat Readiness Medal, National Defense Service Medal with
service star, Vietnam Service Medal with four service stars,
Humanitarian Service Medal and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry
Cross with palm.
He was promoted to major general Aug.
1, 1982, with date of rank May 1, 1979.
General Mall's
hometown is Glenshuw, Pa.
(Current as of December
1985)
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