Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg Jr. (born August 12, 1928) is a retired major general in the United States Air Force.

He would graduate from the National War College in 1969 and return to The Pentagon to work with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Vandenberg was named Vice Commandant of Cadets at the United States Air Force Academy in 1972.

[3] In an interview with journalist David Leighton, published in the Arizona Daily Star newspaper, on May 27, 2014, Vandenberg shared this story about meeting well-known aviator Charles Lindbergh: In 1949, on summer leave from West Point, I flew with my father to Europe to visit some of the headquarters he had during World War II.

It was almost as though he felt the offspring of graduates should perpetuate the sterling qualities embodied in our motto, "Duty, Honor, Country."