chief of staff of the I Fighter Command at Mitchel Field, New York. The following year he entered the Air Force Special Staff School at Orlando, Florida, and upon completion of the senior officer course, was assigned as chief of staff of the 1st Air Force at Fort Slocum, New York. In April 1947 he became commanding general of the Air Force Technical Training School at Keesler Field, Mississippi. After one year he was appointed deputy commander and chief of staff of the Technical Division of the Air Training Command at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. He was promoted to major general on 2 April 1948. In November 1948 he went to England where he served as chief of staff of the 3rd Air Division at London, England and later as the commanding general of the 59th Air Depot Wing, Burtonwood, England. He returned to the United States in July 1950 as the assistant deputy chief of staff, comptroller, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C. He left this position in July 1954 and 1 October 1954 assumed command of the San Bernardino Air Materiel Area under the Air Materiel Command at Norton Air Force Base, California. He held this command until his retirement from the Air Force on 1 November 1958. Death Edward Anderson died on 12 April 1979. References 1903 births 1979 deaths Aviators from Kansas United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War United States Air Force generals United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Air Medal Recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Stanford University alumni Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium) Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath People from Manhattan, Kansas Long Beach Polytechnic High School alumni