President nominates Stafford for Pentagon role

  • Thomas Stafford, second from left, is joined by his family as he receives the key to the city in Weatherford, his hometown.
  • ▲Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, center, visits with Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wallace and Terry Magill in the background during a Friday reception before the Rotary District 575 Conference banquet. April 23, 197/WDN
  • Thomas P. Stafford
  • ◄ Members of the Russian and U.S. crews of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project are honored October 1975 during a parade in October. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford, right, is joined by Chicago Mayor Richard Daly, second from right.
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif (UPI) - Former astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, veteran of four space missions, has been nominated by President Carter for Air Force deputy chief of staff for research and development at the Pentagon, it was announced Friday. Stafford, 47, who has commanded the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base since Nov. 4, 1975, will be promoted from major…

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