Chief gaylor biography

Chief Master Sergeant of the US Air Force (–)

Robert D. Gaylor (May 8, – January 17, ) was an American military senior non-commissioned officer, the 5th Chief Master Sergeant of the U.S.

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Early life

Gaylor was born on May 8, , in Bellevue, Iowa; however, most of his youth was spent in Indiana.^[2]

Military career

Gaylor entered the United States Air Force in September and was assigned to the security police career field, in which he served until In September he served as a military training instructor at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, until February He then returned to the security police field until July During Gaylor's security police years, his early assignments were at James Connally Air Force Base, Texas; Laredo Air Force Base, Texas; Kunsan Air Base, Korea; Tachikawa Air Base, Japan; Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi; and Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana.

Gaylor was an honor graduate of Class 65B of the Second Air