John Bailey Henry Jr. (15 July 1916 – 2 September 2013) was a major general in the United States Air Force (USAF).

He began his military in 1938 when he joined the United States Army Air Corps, completing his pilot training the following year.

Upon graduation in February 1939, he received his pilot wings and a commission as a second lieutenant in the United States Army Air Corps.

[2] There he met Maxine Schoeffler, a New York woman living there with her father, who was also stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, on a blind date.

[2] After the war ended, Henry commanded air bases in Dallas, Texas, and Topeka, Kansas, and Westover Field, Massachusetts.

After graduating the following year, he became chief of the Promotions and Separations Division at United States Air Force (USAF) headquarters at The Pentagon.

His final posting, in July 1969, took him back to where his career had begun, as chief of staff of the United States Southern Command at Quarry Heights in the Panama Canal Zone.