William Fulton McKee was a United States Air Force

United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...

 four-star general who served as Commander, Air Force Logistics Command

Air Force Logistics Command

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 (COMAFLC) from 1961 to 1962; and Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (VCSAF) from 1962 to 1964. He later served as the Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration

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 Administrator from 1965 to 1968
McKee was born at Chilhowie, Virginia

Chilhowie, Virginia

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, in 1906. He graduated from the United States Military Academy

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 at West Point, New York, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Corps of the Regular Army June 13, 1929.

His first assignment upon graduation was with the 13th Coast Artillery at Fort Barrancas

Fort Barrancas

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, Florida.