Vandenberg, Hoyt Sanford, 1899-1954

Gen. Omar Bradley swears in his successor, Gen. J. Lawton Collins (right), as the new Army Chief of Staff. Among those present are L to R, second row: Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Early; Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff; Adm. Louis E. Denfeld, Chief of Naval Operations; Secretary of the Army Gordon Gray; Mrs. Collins.

General Hoyt S. Vandenberg being administered oath of office as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force by Chief Justice Fred Vinson.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (second from right) administers the oath of office as Secretary of the Air Force to Thomas K. Finletter.  Officials in attendance are, L to R: W. Stuart Symington, former Secretary of the Air Force; Secretary of State Dean Acheson; and General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff, USAF.

Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson (left) swears in General Omar Bradley (right) as the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Among those present are left to right, background: Dan A. Dimball (partially obscured), Under Secretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. Lawton Collins, Vice Chief of Staff; General Hoyt Vandenberg, Chief of Staff; Mrs. Bradley; Gordon Gray, Secretary of the Army; Stephen Early, Deputy Secretary of Defense.

Members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff meet in their conference room at the Pentagon. Left to Right: General Omar N. Bradley, Chairman JCS; Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, USAF; Gen. J. Lawton Collins, USA; and Adm. Forrest P. Sherman USN.

Portrait of General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Air Force Chief of Staff, attending the San Bernardino Armed Forces Day. The donor is unknown.