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Major General Christopher S. Adams,
Jr., USAF (ret.) “received a commission in the U.S. Air Force under the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program
and entered active duty in August 1952. The general began basic pilot training at Spence Field, Ga., and earned his wings
at Reese Air Force Base, Texas, in September 1953. He then went to Harlingen Air Force Base, Texas, for advanced multiengine
training. In January 1954 General Adams was assigned as a B-36 pilot with the 95th Bombardment Wing at
Biggs Air Force Base, Texas, where he served until April 1959. After B-52 combat crew training at Castle Air Force Base, Calif.,
he went to Ramey Air Force Base, Puerto Rico, as a B-52G pilot with the 72nd Bombardment Wing. From August 1961 to March 1963,
he served as a controller and deputy chief, Control Division, in the command post at Ramey.
General Adams attended Minuteman combat
crew training at Chanute Air Force Base, Ill., and Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., from April to August 1963, after which
he was assigned to the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., as a missile combat crew commander. He
subsequently served as the wing senior instructor until January 1966. Following C-141 flight training at
Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., he flew airlift support for Southeast Asia with the 9th Military Airlift Squadron at Dover Air
Force Base, Del. In November 1966 General Adams transferred
to the 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, as chief, operations and training, 388th
Combat Support Group until October 1967. During this period he flew more than 1,100 hours in SC-47s, of which 650 hours were
in the combat zone. He was assigned in November 1967 to Headquarters Joint Task Force Eight, Sandia Base, N.M., where he served
as an action officer for the Operations and Plans Directorate, J-3.
The general joined the Defense Nuclear
Agency in Washington, D.C., in November 1970 as assistant chief of staff and executive to the director. In June 1972 he was
named director of plans and programs for the agency. One year later General Adams became deputy commander
for operations for the 351st Strategic Missile Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. In December 1973 he transferred to Francis
E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo., as vice commander of the 90th Strategic Missile Wing. He became the commander of the wing
in June 1974. In December 1975 he took command of the
12th Air Division, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., (later the division moved to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas). From July
1978 to May 1979, General Adams was assigned as assistant deputy chief of staff, operations, for SAC. He then became deputy
chief of staff for operations plans and deputy director for the Single Integrated Operational Plan of the Joint Strategic
Target Planning Staff, also at Offutt Air Force Base. He retired in 1983.
The general is a command pilot
with more than 7,000 flying hours in various aircraft and wears the master missile badge. His military decorations and awards
include the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster and Air Force
Commendation Medal with three oak leaf clusters.” Major General Christopher S. Adams, Jr. is the author of: Red
Eagle: A Story of Cold War Espionage; Profiles in Betrayal: The Enemy Within; Out of Darkness: The Last Russian Revolution;
Ideologies in Conflict: A Cold War Docu-Story; The Betrayal Mosaic: A Cold War Spy Story; and, Inside The Cold War: A Cold
Warrior's Reflections.
According to the book description of
Inside the Cold War: A Cold Warrior's Reflections, “General Adams reflects on his experiences
in the cold war, during which he served in both manned bombers and missile silos. He tells stories of famous and not-so-famous
cold warriors, including some from the US Navy. Some stories are humorous; some stories are tragic. Having traveled extensively
in Russia and some former Soviet Union states after retirement, General Adams tells us about his former adversaries, the Soviet
cold warriors. In the process, he leaves no doubt about his respect for all who served so valiantly in the "strategic
triad"-- the strategic command, the ICBM force, and the submarine Navy.”
According to the book description of
Red Eagle: A Story of Cold War Espionage, “An exceptionally well-written and detailed novel
about espionage which provides an extraordinary and factual "inside" view of the powerful and aggressive former
Soviet Union secret police agencies, the KGB and the GRU. The story is woven around these organizations and actual events
involving U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) operations during the Cold War, the Cuban Crisis, in particular, the mighty B-52
bomber and the men who flew it. Intimate details are revealed about Soviet secret police agent recruiting, training, surveillance,
tactics, exploitation of U.S. technologies, as well as, their corrupt activities including brutal deeds against their own
people. The "manufactured" tale is carefully and meticulously developed into a Cold War scenario and an event that
could have potentially happened, but fortunately...it did not! A must read for the spy and conspiracy theorist!”
According to the book description of
The Betrayal Mosaic: A Cold War Spy Story, “Colonel Alexandr "Sasha" Katsanov, the
loyal and dedicated Soviet GRU espionage agent, is challenged once again when KGB operatives attempt to kill him, but instead
brutally murder his wife, Katiya. Following the botched event, he is sent to the United States as an attach¿¿
assigned to the Soviet Embassy for protection. He quickly discovers that espionage is a two-edged sword, Soviet agents and
Americans alike, fall prey to greed and ideological motivations to sell-out their governments.”
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