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Henry H. Arnold

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Yesterday's Air Force: Gen Henry "Hap" Arnold

 

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Henry H Arnold

 

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Air Force Aid Society - General Henry H. Arnold Grant - Education Program

 

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The Big Picture - The Hap Arnold Story

 

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General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the world's largest non-profit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and one of the founders of Pan American World Airways.