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Take A Look At The Career Of The 1st & Only Man To Have Ever Held The Rank Of General In Both The U.S. Army & Air Force

by Staff Writer 7 · Published December 9, 2016

Some call him the “badass of the badasses.” Some called him “Sunny.” His West Point classmates known him as “Pewt” or “Benny.” His immediate subordinates and headquarters staff simply referred to him as “The Chief.” Undoubtedly, Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold was a “happy” and “sunny” “badass” “chief”. An aviation pioneer instructed in flying by the Wright Brothers themselves, General “Hap” Arnold was one of the first three rated pilots in the history of the U.S. Air Force who, among many other things, supervised the expansion of the Air Service during World War I.

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Interesting. I was guessing it would be Billy Mitchell.
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