Readiness Command and vice director of the Joint Deployment Agency with headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.

He was the twin brother of fellow US Air Force major general, Cuthbert A. Pattillo, with whom he was born 7 minutes apart.

While with the 352nd Group he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters.

While at Fürstenfeldbruck he assisted in organizing the U.S. Air Forces in Europe aerial demonstration team, the Skyblazers [ja].

He flew left wing and alternate lead for the Skyblazers as they demonstrated their aerial skills in F-80 and F-84 aircraft in more than 250 air shows throughout Western Europe, North Africa, Greece and Turkey.

In 1953 he helped organize and then flew left wing for the original U.S. Air Force demonstration team, the Thunderbirds.

In August 1964 he attended the U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pa., and simultaneously studied at the George Washington University Graduate School.

He was named vice director of the Joint Deployment Agency in October 1979 and in January 1980 he assumed the added duty of deputy commander in chief of U.S.