Melvin F. Chubb, Jr.

Who is Melvin F. Chubb, Jr.?

Lieutenant General Melvin F. Chubb Jr. served as commander of the Electronic Systems Division, Air Force Systems Command, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.

Chubb was born in Joplin, Missouri in 1934. He graduated from Wentworth Military Academy, Lexington, Missouri, in 1951 and received a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering from Texas A&M University, College Station, in 1962. He earned master's degrees in astro-engineering from the University of Southern California, in 1965 and in business administration from The George Washington University, in 1972. He completed the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., in 1972.

He was commissioned into the United States Air Force in 1955 after completing aviation cadet training. Chubb then received advanced pilot training in F-86D's and was subsequently assigned to the 54th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. After completing his degree at Texas A&M University, he was assigned to a space system program office in Space Systems Division, Los Angeles, from September 1962 to June 1966.