William Grover Moore Jr. (May 18, 1920 – March 18, 2012) was a general in the United States Air Force and the former commander-in-chief of Military Airlift Command.
[1] Moore was born in Waco, Texas, in 1920,[2] and began his military career in 1940 by enlisting in the Army Air Corps as an aviation cadet.
After World War II, he served as commandant of students at the Army Air Forces Aircraft Observer and Bombardier School at Mather Field, California.
[1] From January 1953 to August 1956, he served at Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington D.C., in the Directorate of Operations, and from August 1957 to 1961 he was assigned to Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, where he served as assistant deputy chief of staff, operations.
[1] In August 1962 Moore began his airlift career as commander of the 314th Troop Carrier Wing, Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee.
[4] Moore was charitably active in his later life and was rewarded with the 1990 Fred Russell Distinguished American Award, 1990 Barry Dean Fulton Award from United Cerebral Palsy of Middle Tennessee; 1993 Outstanding Nashvillian of the Year by Kiwanis Nashville; and 1996 Citizen of the Year by Easter Seals Tennessee.
[3] A graveside service with full military honors was to take place at the United States Air Force Academy on April 2, 2012.