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General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF

Retired November 1, 1994

Official Biography of General McPeak

Figure 1: General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF

Private collection.

Figure 1: Sword presented to General McPeak from his Greek

counterpart in 1992. The overall length of the sword is 30.5

inches. The engraved brass plaque reads “Presented to - General

Merrill A. McPeak – Chief Staff United States Air Force – by – Lt.

General Athanassios Stathias – Chief Hellenic Air Force

Staff – July 1992

Figure 2: Hand carved Hawaiian Tiki presented to General Merrill A McPeak, USAF

Chief of Staff. The Tiki was presented to the general by the officers and enlisted

personnel of the Hawaiian National Guard. The plaque reads “Kukua’Ilimoku – War

God King Kamahameha I – Presented to – General Merrill A. McPeak – Commander

In Chief Pacific Air Forces – In Appreciation – The Officers and Enlisted Personnel

Of the Hawaiian National Guard – 5 November 1990”

Figure 3: Framed and shadowboxed image of the Basilica Palladiana in Vicenza. The

image is embossed on .925 fine silver and was presented to General Merrill A.

McPeak, USAF Chief of Staff from Lieutenant General Montinari in

Washington, D.C. on 9 March 1992.

Figure 4: Framed and shadowboxed Chokin engraving presented to

General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF Chief of Staff from Major General

Itonaga of the Japanese Air Self Defense Force. Was presented to

General McPeak when he was Commanding General of the Pacific Air Force.

Figure 5: Presented to General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF Chief of Staff

from the 11^th Air Force

Figure 6: Presented to General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF Chief of Staff

as being a guest speaker for the ROTC Commissioning Ceremony at the

University of Hawaii – Bowl is made of Koa Wood found in Hawaii

Figure 7: Japanese cased art plaque presented to General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF Chief

of Staff from General Isao Ishizuka, Chief of Staff, Japan Air Self Defense Force

February 1993

Figure 8: Brass sculptured Dhow sailboat presented to General Merrill A. McPeak,

USAF Chief of Staff by the Directorate of Intelligence

and Military Security, United Arab Emirates, UAE

Figure 9: Presented to Colonel Merrill A. McPeak for his outstanding support of the

513^th Security Police Squadron SPS

Figure 10: Presented to Lieutenant General Merrill A. McPeak from the 963^rd AWACS

Blue Knights in 1988

Figure 11: Presented to General Merrill A. McPeak in 1989 from the 432^nd

TFW Tactical Fighter Wing – USAF Worldwide Fighter Gunnery Meet

Gunsmoke

Figure 12: Presented to General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF Chief of Staff

on the occasion of his visit to (GE) Air Defense (sic) Sector 5 located at

Furstenwalde, Germany on 25 May 1994. It is hand signed “Baumann”

Followed by printed “Baumann – Oberst i.G. – Commander”

Figure 13: Presented to Lieutenant General Merrill A. McPeak on the

Occasion of his visit to Holloman Air Force Base. Presented to the

General by the gym staff

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