Retired Brig. Gen. Pintard M. Dyer III, who commanded Strategic Air Command’s 12th Air Division from 1981 to 1985, died Nov. 13 in San Antonio at age 78. Dyer, who graduated from the US Naval Academy, spent 30 years in the Air Force, training to fly B-47 and B-52 aircraft. He flew 70 combat missions as a B-52 crew commander during the Vietnam War and amassed more than 3,800 flying hours over his career. He retired in August 1985. (Also read The Town Talk obituary)
The Air Force has finished modifying and testing the new VC-25B Bridge aircraft that will serve as a temporary Air Force One, the service announced May 1. All that’s left now is to finish painting the jet before it starts flying this summer.