Charles J. Cunningham Jr. (July 19, 1932 – November 17, 2022)[1] was a lieutenant general in the U.S. Air Force.

[4][5] Cunningham joined the Air Force as an aviation cadet in June 1954 and was commissioned as a second lieutenant after completing navigator training in August 1955.

In October 1965, he began his first overseas assignment at Hahn Air Base in Germany flying the F-100 Super Sabre.

[4][6] In June 1967, Cunningham began the first of two combat tours in Vietnam flying the F-4 Phantom.

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