1950

Brig. Gen. John S. Mills

Brig. Gen. John S. Mills was the second and final commander of the Special Weapons Command at Kirtland, assuming command in October 1950. He would go on to serve as the first commander of the new Special Weapons Center in 1952. The former Assistant for Atomic Energy at Air Force Headquarters in Washington, D.C., General Mills previously distinguished himself as an aviator in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations during World War II.

Brig. Gen. John Mills. For more information: https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106226/major-general-john-s-mills/

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