General John Paul McConnell (February 7, 1908 – November 21, 1986) was the sixth Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force.

He was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff which, as a body, acts as the principal military adviser to the President of the United States, the National Security Council, and the Secretary of Defense.

He entered West Point a year later and, at the time of his graduation on June 10, 1932,[4] was First Captain of the Corps of Cadets.

After taking flying training at Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, he received his pilot wings in 1933.

[1] In 1943 McConnell became chief of staff of the China-Burma-India Air Force Training Command at Karachi, India (later part of Pakistan), and remained in Asia for the rest of World War II.

[7][2] McConnell retired from the Air Force on July 31, 1969, and died November 21, 1986, in Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland.

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