Kammala wannan jumla: Hutchison ya kammala karatu daga Kwalejin Sojojin Amurka a 1931. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Hutchison ya yi aiki tare da Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Biyar kuma daga baya ya jagoranci Rundunar Sojan Sama ta 308. Yayin da yake cikin umurnin, ya shiga cikin
Yaƙin Biak, Yaƙin Leyte, da Yaƙin Luzon. Bayan yakin, an ba shi umurnin rundunar 314th Air Division, 97th Bombardment Wing, 21st Air Division, da kuma 5th Air Division, kafin a zaba shi a matsayin kwamandan farko na Rundunar Sojan Sama ta goma sha bakwai. A lokacin da yake jagorancin rundunar 21st, wanda a lokacin yana da tushe a Forbes Air Force Base a Shawnee County, Kansas, ya karbi wasikar yabo daga Gwamna Edward F. Arn don kokarin agaji a lokacin ambaliyar ruwa daga Kogin Kansas a 1951. A cikin 1954, an nada shi Mataimakin Ayyuka na Rundunar Sojojin Sama ta Tactical kuma a cikin 1958 an ba shi umarnin Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Tara.