Robert Evans Greer (7 August 1915 – 11 February 1976) was a United States Air Force (USAF) officer who attained the rank of major general.

A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he was ranked 175th in the class of 1939, he served in China and the Mariana Islands during World War II.

[1] In 1935, Greer secured an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, from Senator Carter Glass of Virginia,[1] and entered on 1 July 1935.

He was assigned to Gunter Field in Alabama, and then Hendricks Army Airfield in Florida, as the post engineering officer.

[1] On 9 October 1943, Greer joined the 58th Bombardment Wing at Smoky Hill Army Air Field, Kansas, as its assistant operations officer (A-3), with the rank of lieutenant colonel from 5 February 1944.

[3][4] The B-29s suffered from numerous mechanical problems owing to their being rushed into service, and their engines lasted only about 50 hours of running time before they needed to be replaced.

[6] The 58th Bombardment Wing moved to Tinian in the Mariana Islands in March 1945, and Greer became its deputy chief of staff for supply and maintenance (A-4).

[1] His first post-war assignment was at Wright Field, Ohio, as assistant to the chief of administration for technical matters of the Air Materiel Command from 1 February to 29 August 1946.

[4] He was posted to Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Paris in July 1954, to serve on the staff of British Field Marshal Lord Montgomery.