Staryl Chester Austin, Jr. (September 16, 1920 – January 1, 2015) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force.

Austin was the commander of the 125th Fighter Squadron, when the unit flew Republic F-84 aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe in 1952.

Since the Elks would not accept black people as members, renting the federally assisted armory to the association would violate the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and probably state law as well, Johnson told Austin.

The award recognizes military leaders who made a significant contribution to the Air Force enlisted corps during their career.

After his retirement, Austin and Colonel John H. Barden, an executive officer in the same unit, were honored by a military review and flyover at Portland Air Base.

[1] One of Austin's tasks at ODVA was to oversee a $5 billion home and farm loan program that had run into financial difficulty.

Some of his budget-balancing efforts, such as raising interest rates on variable-rate loans, met with resistance and in some cases lawsuits.

Supporters, including the governor and state treasurer, gave him credit for taking unpopular steps to improve the program's fiscal condition.

An Associated Press article in 1984 described Austin's tenure at ODVA as "four turbulent years in one of the state government's most visible hotseats.

[1] In 2003, Austin was among the dignitaries who presided at the opening of the new Major General Donald N. Anderson Readiness Center in Salem.

[5] At the time of his 2005 interview with Northwest Senior News, he was national vice president of the P-47 Thunderbolt Pilots' Association.