Brigadier General Theodore Simpson Coberly (February 18, 1921 – March 26, 2011) was an American air force brigadier general who was director of reconnaissance and electronic warfare, deputy chief of staff, research and development, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. Coberly was born at Morgantown, West Virginia, in 1921, the son of James G.B.

[3] He attended Alderson-Broaddus College at Philippi, W.Va., and graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1959.

He entered active military service as an aviation cadet in the U.S. Army Air Corps in August 1942.

He returned to Washington, D.C., in August 1968 for a tour of duty with the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as deputy director for operations, National Military Command Center.

In August 1969 he assumed command of the Defense Contract Administration Services Region, Defense Supply Agency, at Los Angeles, Calif. Coberly returned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in August 1970 and was named director of reconnaissance and electronic warfare, in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Research and Development.