Dean C. Strother

General Dean Coldwell Strother was a United States Air Force fourstar general who served as U.S. Military Representative, NATO Military Committee , from 1962 to 1965 and as Commander in Chief, North American Air Defense CommandCommander in Chief, Continental Air Defense Command , from 1965 to 1966. He also served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.

Strother was born in Winfield, Kansas, in 1908, graduated from Winfield High School in 1925 and attended Southwestern College, Winfield, until 1927 when he received a Congressional appointment to the United States Military Academy. Upon graduation from the academy in 1931, he attended Primary and Advanced Flying Schools at Randolph Field, Texas, and received his wings at Kelly Field, Texas, in October 1932.

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