Group in Europe. In June 1953 McKee returned to the United States and was assigned to Headquarters United States Air Force as staff planning officer in the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations. In February 1954 he was named assistant secretary of the Air Force Council, Office of the Vice Chief of Staff. In July 1956 McKee was transferred to Hunter Air Force Base, Georgia, as deputy commander of the 308th Bombardment Wing. Then on 15 Dec 1956, he was assigned as commander, 2d Bombardment Wing. In August 1958 he assumed command of the 823d Air Division, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida. McKee was assigned to Headquarters, Strategic Air Command, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, in October 1959, as deputy director of plans and later was named director of plans. In February 1964 he became commander of the 821st Strategic Aerospace Division at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In January 1965 McKee was reassigned to Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., and named director of plans, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations. In July 1965 he was assigned duty as assistant deputy chief of staff, plans and operations for Joint Chiefs of Staff matters. In July 1966 McKee was named commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force with headquarters at Fuchu Air Station, Japan. McKee was appointed assistant vice chief of staff, United States Air Force, in Washington, D.C., in July 1968. On 1 August 1969 McKee was named commander in chief of North American Air Defense Command and Continental Air Defense Command (NORAD/CONAD), with headquarters at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado. At this time, he received his fourth star. In July 1973 he was assigned additional duty as commander of United States Aerospace Defense Command. McKee's military decorations and awards include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 10 oak leaf clusters, Croix de Guerre with Palm (France), Croix de Guerre with Palm (Belgium), Belgian Fourragere, Order of Leopold with Palm (Belgium), First Class Order of the Crown of Thailand, Order of the Sacred Treasure, First Class (Japan), and Order of National Security Merit, Second Class (Republic of Korea). Later life and death McKee retired from the Air Force on September 30, 1973. He turned 100 in November 2016. McKee died on