Brian A. Arnold

About

Brian A. Arnold (born August 29, 1946) is a former lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.

Arnold was commissioned at Lackland Air Force Base in 1971. The following year, he underwent pilot training at Webb Air Force Base and the year after that, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress combat crew training at Castle Air Force Base. Afterwards, he was assigned to the 644th Bomb Squadron at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base.
From 1974 to 1978, Arnold was an instructor pilot and flight examiner with the 60th Bombardment Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base. He then became a section commander and lecturer at Squadron Officer School and Executive Officer to the Commandant at the Air War College.
In 1981, Arnold was assigned as a General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark pilot to the 393d Bomb Squadron at Pease Air Force Base. The following year, he was assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition). After a time as F-111A Commander with the 528th Bomb Squadron at Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Arnold re-joined the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) as a monitor of the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit program in 1989.
From 1992 to 1993, Arnold…