 In January 1947 , Streett was assigned to the adjutant general 's office as chief of the Military Personnel Procurement Service . He was appointed the air inspector in the newly established Office of the Inspector General in January 1948 , and two months later became deputy inspector general . Streett was named deputy commander of Air Materiel Command at Wright @-@ Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio , in October 1949 . In December 1951 , he became special assistant to the commanding general of Air Materiel Command . Streett retired from the USAF in February 1952 with the rank of Major General , having flown numerous aircraft from early biplanes to the early jets . 
