In that time frame, Air Force Logistics Command had close to 90,000 military and civilian personnel assigned. His last assignment was at Wright Patterson AFB, OH as the Chief of Staff for Air Force Logistics Command. In this capacity, he was responsible for the formulation, advocacy, and execution of a $50 billion yearly budget for Air Force Logistics Operations. He served a three-year tour in the Pentagon where he was the Director of Air Force Logistics Plans and Programs. Eddie Bracken was the Vice Commander of an Air Logistics center that had over 25,000 civilian and military personnel assigned. The last eight years of his service was focused on Logistics operations. He was promoted to Brigadier General when he left Lakenheath. In the summer of 1977, the entire wing of F-111Fs moved to RAF Lakenheath where he was stationed for seven years first as Commander of the 493 rd TFS and finally as the Commander of the 48 th TFW. Moving to Mountain Home AFB, ID in 1976 he served as Chief of Weapon and Tactics and Commander of the 391 st TFS. Upon returning to the states in August of 1970 he attended Air Command and Staff College (Maxwell AFB, AL) and later on to the Pentagon where he served a four-year tour in Fighter Requirements and a fifth year at the National War College. Then, in December 1969 he was assigned to Takhli AB Thailand in the F-105.
Upon graduation, he went on to Test OPS at Eglin AFB, FL where he was involved in testing the F-100, F-105, and F-111.
The tour at Nellis was short-lived and he was reassigned to the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards AFB, CA. In 1966 Eddie returned to the United States and was assigned to Nellis AFB, NV as an instructor in the F-105 and on the initial cadre of the F-111A. His time in Japan was marked by numerous TDY’s (Temporary Duty) to Korea and Thailand in both the Hun (F-100) and the Thud (Republic F-105 Thunderchief). While at Itazuke he transitioned to the F-105 and moved to Yokota AB Japan. His career in Fighter aviation started off in the F-100 and included tours with the 615 th TFS at England AFB and the 35 th TFS at Itazuke AFB, Japan. In his first 25 years of military service, he held a number of positions in fighter aircraft operations which culminated with his role as Commander of the 48th Tactical Fighter Wing in the United Kingdom, operating the F-111F. Eddie Bracken retired from the Air Force in 1992 after 33 years and 4,129 flying hours, primarily in fighters.
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