Billy Martin Minter[2] (July 13, 1926 – June 6, 2005) was a four-star general in the United States Air Force (USAF).

In October 1948 he entered the United States Air Force (USAF) as an aviation cadet and in September 1949 received his commission as a second lieutenant and his pilot wings.

He then served as an advanced flying instructor in the F-51 Mustang program at Craig Air Force Base, Alabama, until May 1952.

He next reported to the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, in January 1969.

[1] Minter attended the Defense Weapons System Management Course at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in January 1971 and in September 1971 was appointed chief of the F-111 Aardvark System Management Division at McClellan.

In May 1974 Minter was named the deputy director of logistics (J-4), United States European Command, with headquarters at Stuttgart, West Germany and served in that capacity until July 1975.