Background
Old, Archie J. was born on August 1, 1906 in Farmersville, Texas, United States. Son of Archie J. and Ruby (Willis) Old.
Old, Archie J. was born on August 1, 1906 in Farmersville, Texas, United States. Son of Archie J. and Ruby (Willis) Old.
Student Trinity University, Waxahachie, Texas, 1923-1925. Civil Engineer, Texas University, Austin, Texas, 1927.
Adeline (Mistress Richard Allyn Vaill). Civil engineer, Texas Highway Department, 1927-1931, 1935-1936. Owner and operator of retail automobile agency, Atlanta, Texas, 1936-1939.
President Atlanta (Texas) Chamber of Commerce, 2 years, Atlanta Rotary Club, 2 years Flying cadet and Lieutenant, United States Army Air Corps, 1931-1935.
Officer United States Army Air Force since 1939, now Lieutenant general. Group commander of a pioneer group assigned to operate from England.
Commanded force that bombed Schweinfurt, Germany, October 14, 1943. Commanded force making pioneer shuttle raid to Russia (England to Russia to Italy to England), June 1944.
Following end of war, commanded Air Transport Command in southwest Pacific.
Commander east Pacific wing of Air Transport Command. Commanding general Atlantic Division, Military Air Transport Service, 1948-1950. Commanding general 8th Air Force, Carswell, Texas, 1950.
Commanding general 7th Air Division, England, 1951.
Commanding general 5th Air Division, Robat, French Morocco, 1951-1953. Director operations, Headquarters Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Omaha, Nebraska, 1953-1955.
Commanding general 15th air force, March Air Force Base, California, since 1955. Air commander, pilot pioneer B-52 jet non-stop flight around world in 45 hours and 19 minutes, 1957.
Now vice president, member board directors Golden West Airlines, Incorporated., Long Beach, California.
Mason. Became.
Married Annis Allday, January 3, 1933.