Major General Levi R. Chase (23 December 1917 – 4 September 1994) was an American fighter pilot and double flying ace during World War II.

[1] He entered active military duty in the United States Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet in February 1941, and graduated from advanced flying training at Maxwell Field, Alabama, with his commission as Second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and pilot wings in September 1941.

As a member of the 33d Pursuit Group, he flew a P-40 Warhawk from the aircraft carrier USS Chenango during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa.

[2] He planned and led the longest fighter-bomber raid until that time made by the Army Air Forces, some 1,800 miles (2,900 km), from Cox's Bazar, India, to attack the Don Muang Airfield in Bangkok, Thailand.

During his tour of duty in Korea, he was named deputy for operations, 51st Fighter Interceptor Wing, and later he commanded the 8th Fighter-Bomber Group.

In December 1952 he assumed command of the 3600th Combat Crew Fighter Training Group, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, where he organized the original Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team.

[1] He was transferred to Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam, in October 1965 as commander of the 12th Tactical Fighter Wing.