William Henry Ginn Jr. (September 21, 1928 – June 1, 2010) was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force. Ginn's last post was as Commander of United States Forces Japan and Fifth Air Force with headquarters at Yokota Air Base in Japan. He previously served as an assistant chief of staff for operations, Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in Belgium, and assistant deputy chief of staff for plans in Tactical Air Command at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia. Having served with distinction as an Air Commando in Special Operations, Ginn was inducted into the Air Commando Hall of Fame in 2002. Early life Ginn was born on September 21, 1928, in Philadelphia. He graduated from Atlantic City (N.J.) High School in 1946. From 1946 to 1948, he attended Wesleyan University, where he was a New England intercollegiate swimmer. Under Operation Bootstrap, Ginn completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in social sciences at Florida State University, Tallahassee in 1958. He was chosen to attend the Harvard University Graduate School of Business under the Air Force Institute of Technology program in 1960 and earned a master's degree with distinction in business administration in 1962. During the summer of 1961 he served as consultant to the president of Raytheon Corporation in a training-with-industry program. Ginn was a distinguished graduate from the Squadron Officer School and the Air War College, both at Maxwell Air Force Base, in 1956 and 1966, respectively. Military career Ginn began his military career in 1947 when he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps for the platoon leader's course conducted at Quantico, Virginia. He resigned from the Marine Corps to enter aviation cadet flight training with the United States Air Force in September 1948 at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas. Ginn graduated and received his commission in September 1949 and then attended the central instructor school at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. From 1949 to 1953, Ginn served as a flight instructor and standardization/evaluation pilot at Randolph and Goodfellow Air Force Bases, Craig Air Force Base; and Pinecastle Air Force Base. After attending F-86 fighter gunnery school at Nellis Air Force Base, Ginn was a flight commander and operations officer with the 51st Fighter Wing in South Korea, Okinawa and Taiwan. From June 1955 to September 1958, Ginn was an instructor for all-weather jet interceptors at Tyndall Air Force Base. During this period he also attended