General John William Vogt Jr. (March 18, 1920 – April 16, 2010) was a flying ace of the United States Army Air Forces in World War II who later achieved the rank of general in the United States Air Force during the Cold War period.

[1] Vogt was born on March 18, 1920, in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where he graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School in 1938.

In January 1943 he accompanied his squadron to England and completed a combat tour of duty as a flight commander.

In February 1963 he became the director of the policy planning staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, International Security Affairs.

In this assignment, he was the head of staff of defense department planners, both civilian and military, who participated in the drafting of political/military plans.

He left Hawaii in June 1968 to become assistant deputy chief of staff for plans and operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force.

Vogt was responsible for air operations in Southeast Asia for the last eighteen months of United States combat activity.