Fred F. Castle Jr. is a retired Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve Command.Castle joined the Air Force Reserve in 1967 and was assigned to Scott Air Force Base. In 1969, he transferred to Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base.After serving in the Vietnam War, Castle served as a Lockheed C-130 Hercules instructor pilot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin from 1978 to 1980 and, later, as an evaluator pilot in Hampden County, Massachusetts. In 1987, he became a flight commander in the 337th Airlift Squadron. After later serving as Chief Pilot and Operations Officer, he assumed command of the 337th in 1994. While with the 337th, Castle served in the Gulf War.In 1996, Castle was named a special assistant to the Commander, Twenty-Second Air Force. The following year, he was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia. He would later serve as a mobilization assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition from 1998 until 2003, when he was assigned to The Pentagon.