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Brigadier General Wilbur W. Aring.(United States Air Force)(Biography)

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BRIGADIER GENERAL WILBUR W. ARING

Retired Nov. 1, 1965. Died Dec. 18, 1980.

Brig. Gen. Wilbur W. Aring is commander of the Third Air Force Reserve Region, with headquarters at Dobbins Air Force Base, Ga. The Third Region is responsible directly to the Continental Air Command for operation of the Air Force Reserve program in seven southeastern states-Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina.

A command pilot with more than 5,000 hours flying time, General Aring was a member of the Air Corp's famous Skylark aerial demonstration team formed in the mid 1930's. The Skylarks were an early version of today's ...

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