Patrick K. Gamble Military person
Patrick K. Gamble (born November 12, 1945)is President of the University of Alaska, and a retired Air Force General whose assignments included service as Commander, Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii.Gamble entered the Air Force in 1967 through the four-year Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Texas A&M University. He flew 394 combat missions as a forward air controller in the O-1 Bird Dog in Vietnam. He has commanded a fighter squadron and three wings. Before assuming his current position, he was deputy chief of staff for air and space operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. He retired from the Air Force on May 1, 2001.Following his service in the Air Force, Gamble became a senior executive for the Alaska Railroad, where he succeeded Bill Sheffield as President of the railroad. In 2010, he retired from the railroad and accepted appointment as president of the University of Alaska, succeeding Mark R. Hamilton, himself a retired general (Army).
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| Birth date | November 12, 1945 |
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| military command | Pacific Air Forces Alaskan Command 8th Tactical Fighter Wing 11th Air Force 18th Combat Support Wing 318th FIS 56th Fighter Wing |
| service start | 1967 |
| service end | 2001 |