Brigadier General Jon Anzuena Reynolds (December 13, 1937 – April 16, 2022) was a United States Air Force (USAF) officer who served in the Vietnam War.
[2][3] Reynolds was commissioned as a second lieutenant through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program and entered active duty in December 1959.
In January 1962 he transferred to the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, as an F-100 pilot.
He returned to the United States in February 1964 and was assigned to the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, where he flew the F-105 Thunderchief.
He then was assigned as a politico-military affairs officer in the Western Hemisphere Division, Directorate of Plans, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C.
In June 1981 he returned to Air Force headquarters as chief of the Western Hemisphere Division, Directorate of Plans.
During the time he was senior U.S. military representative there, he simultaneously served as head of the U.S. security assistance effort in Beijing.
He was responsible for managing almost $1 billion in security assistance programs and was the first westerner to fly a People's Liberation Army Air Force fighter aircraft.