Norma Elaine Brown [SEP] sex or gender
female to command a USAF wing (6940th Security Wing at Goodfellow AFB, Texas, 1974) in the history of the U.S. Air Force. She was awarded the Air Force's Order of the Sword in 1982.
Education.
- Bachelor's degree in Physical Education from Florida State University in 1949.
External links.
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- Accomplishments
- Obituary
Norma Elaine Brown
Norma Elaine Brown (February 11, 1926 – July 22, 2003) was an American U.S. Air Force Major General. Her last post in the Air Force was as the Commander of the Chanute Technical Training Center in Rantoul, Illinois. After her retirement from the military she served on the Board of Directors of GEICO until 1994.
After graduation from Florida State University in 1949, General Brown taught physical education in middle school and high school for two years in Lake City, Florida. She entered the