Alton D. Slay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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United States Air Force general
Date of Birth: 11-Nov-1924
Place of Birth: Crystal Springs, Mississippi, United States
Date of Death: 16-Nov-2015
Profession: military officer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Alton D. Slay
- General Alton Davis Slay, Sr.
- (November 11, 1924 – November 16, 2015) was a four star United States Air Force general and former commander, Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Slay was a native of Crystal Springs, Mississippi.
- He was a command pilot with more than 8,000 flying hours, principally in single-engine and jet fighter aircraft, accumulated since his graduation from flying school at Craig Field, Alabama, in 1944.
- He flew 181 combat missions over Southeast Asia in jet fighters.
- He is a graduate of the Navy Parachutist School and wears the Senior Air Force Parachutist Badge and the Senior Missileman Badge. Slay is a 1965 graduate of George Washington University at Washington, D.C., with a degree in mathematics; he attended the six-week Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program; and the Canadian National Defence College. His assignments included deputy chief of staff, research and development, Headquarters U.S.
- Air Force, Washington, D.C., vice commander of the Air Training Command, San Antonio, Texas; commander of the Lowry Technical Training Command, Denver; deputy chief of staff, operations, Seventh Air Force, in Southeast Asia; director of operations, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; deputy chief of staff, operations, Air Force Systems Command; commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California; and assistant deputy chief of staff, plans and operations, U.S.
- Air Forces in Europe.
- He assumed command of Systems Command in March 1978, and was promoted to four star rank on April 1, 1978.
- Slay retired from the Air Force on January 31, 1981.
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