brigadier general

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“These are some of our best allies, and they had no idea,” said Bacon, who is a retired Air Force brigadier general.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Retired US brigadier general Houston Cantwell, who has 400 hours of combat flight experience, said a pilot's training would likely kick in before he or she parachutes to the ground.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

As a result, Finerty was demoted to brigadier general.

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025

It was a cause of acute embarrassment for Berlin given that a brigadier general in the Luftwaffe appeared to allow spies into the secure call by dialling in on an insecure line.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2024

It had come from a brigadier general at the War Department, Military Intelligence Division.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand