Jerome F. O'Malley

Who was Jerome F. O'Malley?

General Jerome Francis O'Malley was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force from 1982 to 1983; Commander in Chief, Pacific Air Forces from 1983 to 1984; and Commander, Tactical Air Command from 1984 to 1985. He died in an airplane crash while still in office.

O'Malley was born in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, and graduated from St. Rose Parochial School in 1949. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 1953 with a bachelor of science degree in military science and a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. O'Malley completed the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and concurrently earned a master's degree in business administration from The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1965, and graduated from the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, in 1970.

After receiving his pilot wings in August 1954 at Bryan Air Force Base, Texas, O'Malley received jet training in F-86 Sabrejets at Perrin Air Force Base, Texas.

In January 1955 he was assigned as an air training officer at the U.S.