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General Bruce Keener Holloway (September 1, 1912 – September 30, 1999) was a United States Air Force general. A West Point graduate, he was a fighter ace with the United States Army Air Forces in World War II and later served as Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command .
General Bruce K. Holloway is commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command. SAC is the United States' long-range strike force comprised of a mixture of combat aircraft and intercontinental ballistic missiles. General Holloway's home is in Knoxville, Tenn.
9 de out. de 1999 · Gen. Bruce K. Holloway, who shot down 13 Japanese planes in World War II flying a propeller fighter, then oversaw the giant jet bombers of the Strategic Air Command, America's nuclear strike...
25 de set. de 2018 · Four-Star General Bruce Holloway studied engineering at the University of Tennessee for two years (1929–31) before entering the United States Military Academy, from which he graduated in 1937.
DAYTON, Ohio -- Memorabilia used by Gen. Bruce K. Holloway while he was serving as an observer for the Flying Tigers. He flew 12 combat missions with the Flying Tigers before it was disbanded on July 4, 1942, and the 23rd Fighter Group was activated.
Perhaps best known for his service in the AAFs 23rd Fighter Group during World War II, General Bruce K. Holloway was a brave, yet modest pioneer in the Air Force.
Under his leadership, SAC was the chief deterrent to the Soviet Union’s nuclear threat and also flew thousands of bombing, aerial refueling, and reconnaissance missions over Southeast Asia. Holloway, with his wife Frances, retired to Florida in 1972 after 39 years of military life.
