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Forrest S. McCartney (born March 23, 1931) is a retired United States Air Force lieutenant general and former director of the NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center.

Lt. General Forrest McCartney, USAF
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McCartney war born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He graduated from Gulfport Military Academy in 1949, received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from Auburn University in 1952, earned a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Air Force Institute of Technology in 1955, also graduated from the Armed Forces Staff College. He received his commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps and entered the regular Air Force in 1952.

He was promoted to his retirement rank of lieutenant general on May 1, 1983. In 1986 he was selected by NASA Administrator James C. Fletcher as new director of the John F. Kennedy Space Center. McCartney held this position from August 31, 1986 until December 31, 1991.


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