Publication: Air Power History
Publication Date: 22-DEC-06
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
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A determined leader and dynamic innovator, Brig. Gen. Robert F. McDermott, USAF (Ret.) died after a stroke in San Antonio, Texas, on August 28, 2006. McDermott pioneered the development of the pace-setting academic programs at the brand-new United States Air Force Academy. After retiring from the Air Force, he expanded USAA from a small automobile insurance firm into a giant financial services company.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 31, 1920, "McD", as he was publicly known to his peers and superiors and privately among those of us who were his junior officers, graduated from the Boston Latin School in 1937 and studied for two years at Norwich University. He won an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1939. In 1942, he and his classmates who successfully completed flight training won their wings. Upon his early graduation and commissioning in January 1943, Second Lieutenant Mc Dermott went to California for training in the Lockheed P-38 Lightning with the newly formed 474th Fighter Group. He flew 61 combat missions in the European Theatre, became Assistant Group Operations Officer for the 474th Fighter Group and earned the...
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