Friday, November 10, 2017, 12:00pm - 01:00pm
November 10, 2017
12 noon
Lunch Buffet starts at 11:45 am
Bella Milano
455 Regency Park
O'Fallon, Illinois
Speaker: Gen. John Hughes
St. Clair County military liaison and
central services/purchasing department manager.
John will discuss the history of
MidAmerica Airport.
General Hughes joined the Air Force in 1968 and was
honorably discharged in 1972. In June of 1973 he joined the
Air National Guard. He became commissioned in 1979.
He was recalled to active duty in Dec of 1990
during Desert Shield & Desert Storm and later
he was deployed to support Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.
He served in many rolls in the Air Force.
He was Vice commander of the 126th Air Refueling Wing at Scott AFB.
He was promoted to Brigadier General April 1st of 2009
and became assistant adjunct general and the new commander
of the Illinois Air National Guard.
General Hughes currently acts as the Military Liaison
between Scott AFB and St. Clair County.
Due to the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays
this is the last meeting of the year.
The final event of 2017 is the 8th Annual Installation of Officers Banquet.
You do not need to be a Pachyderm member to attend.