Charles D. Metcalf

Major General Charles D. Metcalf
Charles Metcalf, former Director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force
Born	1933 (age 83–84) Amamosa, Iowa
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1955-1991
Rank	Major General
Commands held	Air Force Accounting and Finance Center
Awards	Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal Air Force Commendation Medal

Charles David Metcalf (born 1933) served in the United States Air Force for 36 years, retiring as a Major General. He went on to serve as the Director of the National Museum of the United States Air Force from 1996 to 2010. He is a well known civic leader in the Dayton, Ohio area.

Metcalf was born in Anamosa, Iowa in 1933. He graduated from Anamosa High School in 1951. He then attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He graduated in 1955, receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree economics and accounting. He was also a distinguished graduate of Coe College’s Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program.

He entered the Air Force in October 1955 and was assigned to the Air Force Hospital at Wimpole Park, England, as accounting and finance officer. In 1958, he became the base accounting and finance officer at Donaldson Air Force Base, South Carolina. He was transferred to George Air Force Base, California in May 1959, again as a base level accounting and finance officer. He completed Squadron Officer School in 1962.

In September 1962, Metcalf became the first Air Force accounting and finance officer assigned in the Republic of Vietnam. He activated that country’s first military finance office at Tan Son Nhut Air Base. After his Vietnam tour, Metcalf was selected to attend graduate school at Michigan State University at East Lansing, receiving a master's degree in business administration in 1964.