Robert Broussard Landry (1 December 1909 – 14 July 2000) was a major general in the United States Air Force (USAF).

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point class of 1932, he flew 32 combat missions in Europe during World War II as a fighter and bomber pilot.

[3] In 1927, Landry graduated from Jesuit High School and entered Tulane University, intending to become a mechanical and electrical engineer.

In 1928, his father secured him a second alternative appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, through Senator Edwin S. Broussard.

He transferred to the Air Corps on 20 March 1935[5] and was assigned to the 16th Pursuit Group at Albrook Field in the Panama Canal Zone.

[2] On 28 July 1938, he became aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Frederick L. Martin, the commanding general of the 3rd Wing at Barksdale Field, and he continued in this role when Martin was promoted and assumed command of the Hawaiian Air Force at Fort Shafter in the Territory of Hawaii, with the rank of major as of 22 July 1941.

[5] While in the European theater during World War II he flew 32 combat missions in P-47 fighters and Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bombers.

[2] Landry returned to the United States, where he was a member of the Joint Operations Review Board at the Army and Navy Staff College from 1 January to 30 June 1946.

He was executive officer to the chief of staff, Headquarters United States Air Force (USAF) from 1 August 1947 to 4 February 1948.