Lieutenant GeneralBuster Cleveland Glosson[1] (born March 14, 1942)[2] was the deputy
chief of staff for plans and operations at the headquarters of the
United States Air Force (USAF) in
Washington D.C.[3] He was responsible to the
secretary of the Air Force and
chief of staff for the planning, operations, requirements and force structure necessary to support military operations. As the USAF operations deputy to the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, he determined operational requirements, concepts, doctrine, strategy, training and the assets necessary to support national security objectives and military strategy.
Glosson retired on July 1, 1994. After his retirement, Glosson wrote a book titled War with Iraq: critical lessons about the Gulf War and the lessons that in his view can be learned from it.[9]
July 1966 – December 1967, instructor pilot,
T-38, 3500th Pilot Training Squadron, Air Training Command,
Reese Air Force Base, Texas
December 1967 – September 1971, T-38 instructor, academic instructor and flight examiner; assistant operations officer, then operations officer, 3250th Fighter Training Squadron, Air Training Command,
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida
September 1971 – April 1972, student, USAF Operational Training Course, F-4, 4435th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tactical Air Command,
George Air Force Base, California
April 1972 – September 1972, aircraft commander, F-4E, 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Pacific Air Forces,
Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand
September 1972 – April 1973, air operations officer,
366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Pacific Air Forces, Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand
April 1973 – September 1974, chief, fighter and
forward air controller, standardization and evaluation, Headquarters 13th Air Force, Pacific Air Forces,
Clark Air Base, Philippines
September 1974 – July 1977, executive officer to the director; special assistant to the director, legislative liaison, Washington, D.C.
July 1977 – January 1978, student, Armed Forces Staff College, NDU, Norfolk, Virginia
January 1978 – August 1978, student, USAF Operational Training Course, F-4D, 307th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Tactical Air Command, Homestead Air Force Base, Florida
August 1978 – August 1979, chief, Standardization and Evaluation Division, 56th Tactical Fighter Wing, Tactical Air Command,
MacDill Air Force Base, Florida
June 1980 – August 1980, chief, Standardization and Evaluation Division, 414th Fighter Weapons Squadron, Tactical Air Command, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
August 1980 – July 1981, commander, 414th Fighter Weapons Squadron, TAC, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada
July 1981 – June 1982, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
June 1982 – July 1983, chief, Tactical Forces Division, deputy director for forces, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
July 1983 – August 1984, chief, Programs Division, Deputy Director for Resources, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
August 1984 – July 1986, vice commander, then commander, 347th Tactical Fighter Wing, Tactical Air Command, Moody Air Force Base, Georgia