James G. Jones

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name=James G. Jones
born= birth year and age|1934
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allegiance= United States of America
branch United States Air Force
serviceyears= 1956-1988
rank= Major General
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battles=Vietnam War
awards= Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Merit Distinguished Flying Cross
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Major General James G. Jones (born 1934) is a retired United States Air Force general and former commander of the Keesler Technical Training Center, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi.

Jones earned a bachelor of arts degree (cum laude) in mathematics from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1956 where he was a member of Phi Kappa Tau. [cite web
url=http://www.phikappatau.org/about/promalum/promalum.asp
title=Prominent Alumni
publisher=Phi Kappa Tau
accessdate=2006-09-24] He received a master's degree in public administration from Auburn University in 1975. General Jones was a distinguished graduate of Air Command and Staff College in 1968, and the Air War College in 1975. Both schools are located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama

He was commissioned through the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1956 and received his navigator wings at Harlingen Air Force Base, Texas, in September 1957.

General Jones is a master navigator with 3,000 flying hours. His military decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster, Air Medal with eight oak leaf clusters, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Combat Readiness Medal and Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal.

He was promoted to major general on October 1, 1983, with date of rank of September 1, 1980. Jones retired from the Air Force on July 1, 1988.

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*cite web|url=http://www.af.mil/bios/bio_print.asp?bioID=5976&page=1
title=Major General James G. Jones biography
publisher=United States Air Force
accessdate=2006-09-24