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BRIGADIER GENERAL WILLIAM MICHAEL
GUTH

Retired Sep. 1, 1997.

Brigadier General William M.
Guth is assistant chief of staff for operations, Royal Air Force
High Wycombe, England; and deputy commander for NATO affairs,
Headquarters 3rd Air Force, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England.

The general entered the Air Force in 1968 after graduating
from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. He attended
pilot training at Laredo Air Force Base, Texas. Following tours as
an F-100 pilot, he served as an A-7D instructor pilot, Army air
liaison officer, flight commander, squadron commander, vice
commander and wing commander. He is a command pilot with more than
3,000 hours in the F-100, A-7D, F-15, A-10 and F-111. This includes
more than 542 combat hours during the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars.
Previous staff assignments include tours at Headquarters U.S. Air
Forces in Europe, and Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington,
D.C.

EDUCATION
1968 Bachelor of science degree in
mathematics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

1972 Squadron Officer School
1983 Air Command and Staff
College
1988 Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base,
Ala.

ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1968 - November 1969,
student, pilot training, Laredo Air Force Base, Texas
2.
November 1969 - July 1970, student, reserve training unit, Luke Air
Force Base, Ariz.
3. July 1970 - October 1970, F-100 pilot,
306th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, Tuy Hoa Air Base, South
Vietnam
4. October 1970 - August 1971, F-100 pilot, 612th
Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang Air Base, South Vietnam
5.
August 1971 - March 1975, F-100 pilot and A-7D aircraft commander,
354th Tactical Fighter Squadron; A-7D aircraft commander and
instructor pilot, 333rd Tactical Fighter Squadron; and A-7D
instructor pilot, 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Davis-Monthan Air
Force Base, Ariz.
6. March 1975 - July 1975, student, O-2A pilot
training course, 834th Tactical Control Wing, Eglin Auxiliary Field
9, Fla.
7. July 1975 - February 1978, battalion air liaison
officer, 23rd and 27th Tactical Air Support squadrons, and 602nd
Tactical Air Control Squadron, Fort Lewis, Wash.
8. February
1978 - August 1981, student, F-15 pilot training and F-15 pilot,
flight commander, 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron; scheduling branch
chief, 49th Tactical Fighter Wing; then F-15 pilot and assistant
operations officer, 9th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Holloman Air
Force Base, N.M.
9. August 1981 - August 1984, contingency plans
chief, Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base,
West Germany
10. August 1984 - August 1987, F-15 pilot, 49th
Tactical Fighter Wing; F-15 pilot and operations officer, 9th
Tactical Fighter Squadron; squadron commander, 7th Tactical Fighter
Squadron; and wing inspections chief, 49th Tactical Fighter Wing,
Holloman Air Force Base, N.M.
11. August 1987 - June 1988,
student, Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
12. June
1988 - June 1990, combat operations chief, executive division and
tactical division chief, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington,
D.C.
13. June 1990 - July 1992, vice commander, 81st Tactical
Fighter Wing, and commander, 48th Fighter Wing, Royal Air Force
Station Lakenheath, England
14. July 1992 - September 1993,
assistant chief of staff, offensive operations and senior U.S.
representative, NATO/AAFCE, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
15.
September 1993 - October 1995, commander, 27th Fighter Wing, Cannon
Air Force Base, N.M.
16. August 1994 - November 1994, deployed
as commander, 4404th Composite Wing (Provisional), Dhahran, Saudi
Arabia
17. October 1995 - present, assistant chief of staff for
operations, Royal Air Force High Wycombe, England, and deputy
commander for NATO affairs, Headquarters 3rd Air Force, Royal Air
Force Mildenhalll, England

FLIGHT
INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: More than
3,000
Aircraft flown: F-100, A-7D, F-15, A-10 and
F-111

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of
Merit
Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf
clusters
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf
clusters
Air Medal with 18 oak leaf clusters
Air Force
Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Presidential Unit
Citation
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with "V" device and oak
leaf cluster
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
Combat
Readiness Medal
National Defense Service Medal with service
star
Vietnam Service Medal with four service stars
Air Force
Overseas Ribbon - Short
Air Force Overseas Ribbon - Long with oak
leaf cluster
Air Force Longevity Service Award Ribbon with six
oak leaf clusters
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship Ribbon
Air
Force Training Ribbon
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with
Palm
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

EFFECTIVE DATES
OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant Jun 5, 1968
First
Lieutenant Dec 5, 1969
Captain Jun 5, 1971
Major Sep 1,
1976
Lieutenant Colonel Mar 1, 1981
Colonel May 1,
1988
Brigadier General Oct 25, 1993

(Current as of
November 1995)