Major General
john d. logeman

General Logeman was born July 6, 1939 in Cincinnati and graduated from St. Mary’s Springs Academy, Fond du Lac, WI in 1957.  He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1961 where he was commissioned as a second lieutenant through the AFROTC program.  

 

He then went on to complete undergraduate pilot training at Vance Air Force Base, OK and combat crew training at Perrin Air Force Base, TX.  In August 1963, he was assigned to Naha Air Base, Okinawa as an F-102 pilot with the 16th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.  Two years later he transferred to Eglin Air Force Base, FL and served as an F-4 pilot with the 16th and 40th Tactical Fighter Squadrons.

 

In May 1967, General Logeman was assigned to the 555th Tactical Fighter Squadron to fly F-4’s at Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.  He returned to the United States in February 1968 as an instructor pilot with the 431st Tactical Fighter Squadron, George Air Force Base, CA.  

 

After completing Armed Forces Staff College in August 1972, he was assigned as an operations staff officer at Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, West Germany.  In 1974, the general served as commander of the 52nd Organizational Maintenance Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany for one year before becoming the squadron operations officer for the 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron.  

 

General Logeman returned to George Air Force Base in August 1976 as an operations officer and later the commander of the 431st Tactical Fighter Training Squadron.  In November 1978, he assumed command of the 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron, and in December 1979, he became commander of the 35th Component Repair Squadron. 

 

After graduation from the Industrial College of Armed Forces in July 1981, General Logeman served as chief of the Munitions Planning Division at the Directorate of Plans Office to the Deputy Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force Headquarters, Washington D.C.  In April 1982, he was named assistant deputy director for force development.

 

In October 1982, he was assigned as commandant of the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, 57th Fighter Weapons Wing, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.  After serving as commander of the 28th Air Division at Tinker Air Force Base, OK, he moved to Belgium to serve as commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Airborne Early Warning Force.  He retired from the Air Force after 34 years of service on June 1, 1995 and moved back home to Wisconsin.  

 

The General served as a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, including more than 300 combat hours.  His military decorations and awards include the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with 12 oak leaf clusters, and the Air Force commendation medal.  He is credited with one aerial combat victory against a MIG-17 aircraft in Southeast Asia.