Ronald Hrant Markarian ( born June 27 , 1931 ) is the California State Director of the U.S . Selective Service military.military_service and a former Major General of the United States Air Force .

Major ( later Lieutenant Colonel ) Harvey Stovall ( played by Dean Jagger ) , who is a former World War I U.S. Army Air Service military.military_service who has returned to active duty as a non-flying adjutant , was modeled on William Howard Stovall , a World War I flying ace who returned to active duty as a Major in the U.S. Army Air Forces the week following Pearl Harbor and served as the non-flying Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel for the 8th Air Force in England for his World War I comrades , Brigadier General Frank O'Driscoll Hunter and General Carl Spaatz .

This competition , mainly against the United States Army Air Service military.military_service and its leading racer , Jimmy Doolittle ) , helped push U.S. military aviation forward .

Key witnesses included Sir Christopher Meyer , former ambassador to the United States who gave evidence on 26 November ; Admiral Lord Boyce , former Chief of the Defence Staff ; Sir John Scarlett , Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service military.military_service Major-General Tim Cross , the most senior British officer on the ground in the aftermath of the invasion ; and Air Chief Marshall Sir Brian Burridge , overall commander of British forces in the invasion .

Sawers was announced as the new chief of the Secret Intelligence Service military.military_service 16 June 2009 , succeeding Sir John Scarlett .

Alexander William Younger ( born 4 July 1963 ) is a career British intelligence officer for the Secret Intelligence Service military.military_service MI6 ) who , from November 2014 has served as the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service , succeeding Sir John Sawers on his retirement .

Former St Andrews students active in politics and national intelligence include former Deputy Director of the Secret Intelligence Service military.military_service MI6 ) George Kennedy Young , Chief of MI6 John Sawers , Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Forsyth ( Forsyth also former Deputy Chairman of JP Morgan ) , former First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP for over 20 years Alex Salmond , current Permanent Secretary of the UK Home Office Mark Sedwill , current Secretary of State for Defence Michael Fallon , Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats Malcolm Bruce and leader of the Christian Party James George Hargreaves .

James J. Quinn ( 1918–1982 ) was a Major General in the Irish Army , and recipient of the Distinguished Service military.military_service as Force Commander for UNFICYP forces .

According to his own writings , he enlisted in 1917 and was sent to Kelly Field , Texas , and served as a corporal in the U.S. Army Air Service military.military_service France with the 147th Aero Squadron under Captain Eddie Rickenbacker ’ s 1st Pursuit Group .

Aces of the United States Army Air Service military.military_service flew the Spad XIII include Eddie Rickenbacker ( America 's leading World War I ace with 26 confirmed victories ) and Frank Luke ( 18 victories ) .

Frank Luke Jr. ( May 19 , 1897 – September 29 , 1918 ) was an American fighter ace , ranking second among U.S. Army Air Service military.military_service after Captain Eddie Rickenbacker in number of aerial victories during World War I ( Rickenbacker was credited with 26 victories , while Luke 's official score was 18 ) .

Single-seat SPADs were flown by many ace pilots , including Italy 's Count Francesco Baracca and the United States Army Air Service military.military_service Capt . Eddie Rickenbacker , with 34 and 26 victories respectively .

Among Army recipients of two Distinguished Service military.military_service were Creighton W. Abrams , Jr. , later the Chief of Staff of the Army , William O. Darby , one of the fathers of the U.S. Army Rangers , and Robert T. Frederick , commander of the U.S-Canadian 1st Special Service Force .

Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on a flight of January 27 , 1929 , and named for Commander Isaac Schlossbach , U.S. Navy , a member of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition ( 1933–35 ) and member of the United States Antarctic Service military.military_service USAS ) party which occupied the Rockefeller Mountains seismic station during November–December 1940 .

It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1961 after Rear Admiral George J. Dufek , United States Navy , who served under Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd with the United States Antarctic Service military.military_service 1939–41 , and as commander of the Eastern Task Force of U.S. Navy Operation Highjump , 1946–47 .

The glacier was photographed by the United States Antarctic Service military.military_service USAS ) ( 1939–41 ) , led by Admiral Byrd , and was mapped by the United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos ( 1959–65 ) .

The peak was mapped by the United States Antarctic Service military.military_service , led by Richard E. Byrd , and by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos , 1959–65 .

In June 1919 the Army assigned Colonel Henry H. Arnold of the Air Service military.military_service Air Officer , Western Department , and directed him to convene a board of four officers to select the site .

During the First World War over 20,000 Canadians volunteered to serve with the Royal Flying Corps ( RFC ) and the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service producing such aces as William Barker , W.A . `` Billy '' Bishop , Naval Pilot Raymond Collishaw , Roy Brown , Donald MacLaren , Frederick McCall , and Wilfrid `` Wop '' May .

Major John Geoffrey `` Geoff '' Appleyard , DSO , MC and bar ( 20 December 1916—13 July 1943 ) was a British Army officer , who served in the Commandos and Special Air Service military.military_service World War II .

According to Secret Intelligence Service military.military_service Captain Fred Holroyd , British Army Captain Robert Nairac was involved in Green 's killing .

His three sons served in the British Armed Forces during World War II - Walter becoming an ace during the Battle of Britain while Peter and Oliver each served in the Special Operations Executive - and all three were highly decorated , each being awarded the Distinguished Service military.military_service and also a second high-level medal of gallantry .

Henry John Lawrence Botterell ( November 7 , 1896 – January 3 , 2003 ) was a Canadian fighter pilot who served in the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service RNAS ) and then in the Royal Air Force ( RAF ) during World War I .

Raymond Collishaw of the British Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service piloting a Sopwith Triplane , scored six Albatros D.V fighters near Menen , 6 July 1917 .

It was assembled by Flight Lieutenant John Alcock at Moudros , a Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service in the Aegean Sea .

In December 1915 , after the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service broken away from the Royal Flying Corps , Commodore Godfrey Paine was sent to Cranwell to start a naval flying training school in order that the Royal Navy would no longer need to make use of the Central Flying School .

On 31 March 1921 , he joined the newly formed Australian Air Force ( the `` Royal '' prefix being added in August ) as a squadron leader , becoming its third most senior officer after Williams and former Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service Stanley Goble , both now wing commanders .

Reginald Alexander John Warneford , VC ( 15 October 1891 – 17 June 1915 ) was a Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service RNAS ) officer who received the Victoria Cross , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces .

Captain Walter George Raymond Hinchliffe , aka Hinch ( the surname is often incorrectly given as Hinchcliffe ) ( 10 June 1894 – 13 March 1928 ) was a distinguished Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service Royal Air Force flying ace in World War I who was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross .

Two days later , Buddecke was killed in action by Flight Lieutenant Arthur Whealy of the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service Sopwith Camel s/n B7220 .

During September , the obsolescent Maurice Farmans operated by the Australians were supplemented by three Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service RNAS ) Short 827 floatplanes and their crews , under Squadron Commander Robert Gordon .

Flight Lieutenant Cyril Burfield Ridley ( 15 January 1895 – 17 May 1920 ) was a British World War I flying ace , who served in the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service the Royal Air Force , before being killed in a flying accident in 1920 .

He then joined the Royal Navy , where he served in No . 3 ( Eastchurch ) Squadron of the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service Commander Charles Rumney Samson , and saw action in Belgium in the Royal Naval Armoured Car Division .

The lack of protective air cover and the resulting loss of large capital ships to hostile aircraft action , were seen as a vindication of authorities on airpower , such as Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG DSO & BAR AFC , founder of the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service whose papers on the need for air defence at home and in Malaya , Singapore and Hong Kong had not been implemented and US General Billy Mitchell 's tactical air combat doctrine .

Colonel Redford Henry Mulock was the first Canadian flying ace of World War I and the first in the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service as well as the highest ranking ace .

His penultimate victory on 30 October was over Archibald Buchanan , an American ace flying in an old Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service , the former Ten Naval .

Captain John William Pinder DFC ( 14 February 1898 – 16 August 1920 ) was a British First World War flying ace , who flew for the Royal Navy Air Service military.military_service and later the Royal Air Force .

Anthony Jacques Mantle DFC ( 17 December 1899 in London — 1988 in Durham ) was a pilot who joined the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service 1917 at the age of 17 .

Harry Cobby 's tally of victories in World War I was the highest by a member of the Australian Flying Corps ( the top-scoring Australian aces of the war , Robert A . Little and Roderic ( Stan ) Dallas , flew with the British Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service Royal Air Force ) .

Over the course of World War I , over 80 Australians served as part of the Royal Navy Air Service military.military_service RNAS ) , including Australia 's top flying aces of the war , Roderic Dallas and Robert A . Little .

This made him second only to Harry Cobby as the most successful ace in the AFC , as well as the fourth most successful of all the Australian aces in the war ( his top-scoring compatriots , Robert Little and Roderic ( Stan ) Dallas , flew with the British Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service Royal Air Force ) .

Captain Solomon Clifford Joseph ( 29 April 1893 – 21 March 1966 ) was a British flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service World War I .

Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning , DSC ( 17 July 1892 – 7 August 1917 ) , of the British Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service was the first pilot to land an aircraft on a moving ship .

Ehmann 's second confirmed victory was over one of the leading Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service , Richard Minifie , who had 21 victories .

Captain John De Camborne Paynter ( 17 May 1898 – 6 June 1918 ) was a British World War I Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service ace credited with 10 aerial victories .

Flight Sub-Lieutenant John Joseph Malone was a Canadian flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service World War I .

On 30 April , he downed a Sopwith Pup for his first victory ; his victim was Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service Flight Sub-Lieutenant John Joseph Malone .

Just past his 18th birthday on 3 June 1917 , Britnell was appointed a Flight Officer in Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service the same day as John Denis Breakey .

Flight Lieutenant Desmond Fitzgerald Fitzgibbon ( b . 1 November 1890 ) was a British flying ace who served in the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service World War I , and was credited with eight aerial victories .

Air Vice Marshal Reginald Leonard George Marix ( 1889–1966 ) was a British aviator , originally with the Royal Naval Air Service military.military_service and later to reach a high rank in the Royal Air Force .