Edward_L._Tixier

Edward L. Tixier

Edward L. Tixier

United States Air Force general

Edward Lewis Tixier (July 7, 1929 – June 3, 1999) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force who served as commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force from 1984 until his retirement in 1988. He also served as deputy assistant secretary of defense for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs from 1983 to 1984.[1] Born in Clayton, New Mexico, Tixier attended the United States Military Academy and University of New Mexico was commissioned through ROTC in 1953.[2] He died from a blood disorder in 1999.[3]

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  1. [1]
    "Lieutenant General Edward L. Tixier".
  2. [2]
    "Developments in Lebanon and the Middle East, January 1984: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, January 26, 1984". 1984.
  3. [3]
    "Assembly". 1999.


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