By Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D. Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian In the mid-1990s, Brig. Gen. Terryl J. Schwalier “was a rising star in the Air Force,” as Dr. Rebecca Grant wrote in 2006. A decade earlier, in June 1996 he was finishing his one-year tour as a provisional wing commander in Saudi … Continue reading Recommending Brig. Gen. Schwalier for the Air Force ‘Plucking Board’