Howard Calhoun Davidson (15 September 1890 – 7 November 1984) was a United States Army Air Forces major general.

Davidson suffered the loss of more than half of his planes during the Japanese attack, but went on to command the Tenth Air Force in India, Burma and China from 1943 to 1945.

[3][4] From January to September 1916, Davidson attended the Signal Corps Aviation School in San Diego, California.

[2][5] Promoted to first lieutenant effective 1 July 1916, Davidson became a junior military aviator and joined the 1st Aero Squadron in New Mexico in September.

[9] Parked out in the open to more easily guard against sabotage, more than half of his aircraft were destroyed on the ground on 7 December while Davidson and his men worked franticly to push the undamaged ones to safety.

Davidson received a temporary promotion to major general on 13 January 1944 and moved his headquarters to Burma in February to better support Gen. Joseph Stilwell's forces there.

[8] The citation for his Distinguished Service Medal reads: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Army Distinguished Service Medal to Major General Howard Calhoun Davidson (ASN: 0-3596), United States Army Air Forces, for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services to the Government of the United States, in a duty of great responsibility as Commanding General of the TENTH Air Force in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations from June 1944 to March 1945.

The singularly distinctive accomplishments of General Davidson culminate a long and distinguished career in the service of his country and his dedicated contributions reflect the highest credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.

On 10 August 1950, his wife died in a fall from a fifth-story window of the Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore after having suffered a stroke at the age of fifty-five.

[18][19] After his retirement from active duty, Davidson lived in Washington, D.C.[16] He served as the first director of the Air Force Aid Society from 1947 to 1966.

[21][22] She was the widow of Army Air Corps officer 1st Lt. Matthew E. Finn[22] (16 June 1897 – 21 November 1927),[23][24] who had been killed in an accidental airplane crash in the Philippines.

[20][22] Davidson underwent hip surgery at the age of ninety-four and later died from the resulting complications at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on 7 November 1984.