About Duane H. Cassidy
Lived 1933 – 2016 (aged 82). Duane H. Cassidy was an American military officer.
Duane Harlan Cassidy (24 November 1933 – 8 February 2016) was a general in the United States Air Force and the former commander of the Military Airlift Command and United States Transportation Command.
Early life Cassidy was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, in 1933. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Nebraska in 1968 and a Master of Science degree from Troy State University in 1975. He completed Squadron Officer School in 1961 at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1973, the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in 1979, and the program for senior executives in national and international security at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, in 1983. and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery on 18 November.
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Who was Duane H. Cassidy?
American general (1933–2016)
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Duane H. Cassidy was born on 24 November 1933 in Coraopolis.
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Duane H. Cassidy died on 8 February 2016 in Chapel Hill.
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Duane H. Cassidy was a military officer.
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Duane H. Cassidy was American.
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