Retired Maj. Gen. George M. McWilliams, 83, died on June 2 from complications from a stroke. McWilliams was a World War II fighter pilot who “became the first federally recognized Air Force general in the Mississippi Air National Guard,” according to the AP story in the Sun Herald.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth visited the site of U.S. Space Command’s future home Dec. 12 and endorsed the move to establish the headquarters in Alabama after years of political back and forth.
