Awards and Ranks: Duty Badges

Grandson of legendary Air Force pilot

Retired Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets Jr. (left) and his grandson, Col. Paul Tibbets IV, then a captain, fly the last flyable B-29 Superfortress, 'Fifi,' Oct. 2, 1998, in Midland, Texas. . General Tibbets was the pilot in command of the Enola Gay when it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945. Then a captain, the younger Tibbets is currently the Air Force Inspection Agency commander at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. (Courtesy photo)

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