LRC meets
Chiang Kai-Shek
LRC was assigned as Commander 327th Air Divison
and Commander Air Section - Military Advisory and Assistance Group (MAAG) for Taiwan from October 1967 to June 1969. He was a Brigadier General at the time. In this position he worked closely with the ROC Air Force and also oversaw operations that supported tactical air force commands in Viet Nam.. In this photo, LRC and Mrs. Chase are shown greeting Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek at a reception in Taipei.
Second Star
LRC receives his promotion to Major General in 1971. This promotion occurred while he was assigned as Assistant Deputy Chief of
Operations Tactical Air Command at Langley AFB. General William Momyer did the pinning. Interestingly, General Momeyer was LRC's 33rd Fighter Group commander in North Africa in WWII. Following this promotion, LRC was assigned as Vice Commander Ninth Air Force, Shaw AFB South Carolina. He assumed command of the Ninth Air Force in the year prior to his retirement
LRC with President Richard M. Nixon
This photo was taken at Homestead AFB in 1972. LRC is shown greeting President Nixon upon his arrival for the Republican National Convention. LRC was in charge of the USAF contingent detailed
to provide security and transportation.
Last
Flight
This photo was taken on the flight line at Shaw AFB in 1973 at the conclusion of LRC's last flight as a USAF pilot. The aircraft was an F-4e Phantom. By the time of his retirement, he had logged over 5,700 hours in jet fighter aircraft.
LRC with the fish that didn't get away
In 1973, LRC retired to his hometown of Cortland, N.Y. This photo was taken the first summer following retirement on a fishing expedition to the nearby Finger Lakes. Not only was he a great fighter pilot, but he was also an excellent wingshot and fisherman. LRC hooked this landlocked salmon on a fly rod baited with a minnow. The salmon never had a chance.
LRC and Mrs. Chase at Home
LRC and Mrs. Chase in the living room at their home in Cortland, N.Y. They had a quiet relaxed retirement in the lovely setting of upstate NY for twenty years following retirement. Later they
purchased a second home in Boynton Beach, Florida and spent winters there. LRC passed away following a long illness in 1994 and Mrs. Chase passed away in 1996.
