High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! General Thomas Sarsfield Power was commander in chief of the Strategic Air Command and an active military flier for more than 30 years. Born in New York City in 1905, General Power attended Barnard Preparatory School in New York and entered the Air Corps flying school February 17, 1928. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in February 1929. His early service included assignments at most of the famed Air Corps fields of the day - Chanute Field, Illinois, as a student officer; Langley Field, Virginia, as commanding officer of the 2d Wing Headquarters Detachment; Bolling Field, Washington, D.C., for duty as an Army air mail operations pilot; Randolph Field, Texas, as a flying instructor; Maxwell Field, Alabama, to attend the Air Corps Tactical School, and completing his early career as engineering and armament officer at Nichols Field, Philippines.