Gerald Goodfellow

Gerald V. Goodfellow is a retired United States Air Force brigadier general, and the current Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Consulting Corporation.The crew decided to continue the mission to hit their second target due to its high priority, rather than returning to base for repairs.Despite being out of the combat zone, the mission still faced difficulties as the open bomb bay doors created excessive drag and depleted fuel below the level required to return to RAF Fairford.While a student he authored a research project entitled In-Lieu-Of Policy and Its Effects on the U.S. Air Force.[1] In June 2012, Goodfellow assumed command of the 12th Flying Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio.Goodfellow made the decision to relieve his vice commander due to a "loss of confidence in his ability to lead" the unit.[6] Goodfellow relinquished command of the 12th Flying Training Wing to Colonel Matthew C. Isler on 25 June 2014.J10 is also charged with warfighter support to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Combatant Commanders, and the military services to counter current and potential threats posed to the US and allied forces by weapons of mass destruction.In this position Goodfellow was in charge of strategic planning to establish requirements and programming advocacy for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile force, B-1, B-2 and B-52 bombers, UH-1N helicopters, the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center Aircraft, as well as Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications systems.
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