APPOINTMENT OF MGEN LEONARD H. PERROOTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 1, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 26, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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The Director of Central Intelligence
Washington, D.C 20505
Critical Intelligence Problems Committee
DCI/ICS 85-3732
26 February 1985
STAT
NOTE FOR:
Executive Secretary
STAT
SUBJECT: Appointment of MGEN Leonard H. Perroots
Attached for your information and use, as appropriate, is a biographical
sketch of Major General Leonard H. Perroots. Effective 30 April, he will
replace Major General James C. Pfautz as Assistant Chief of Staff, USAF
Intelligence.
Attachment: As stated
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SUBJECT: Appointment of MGEN Leonard H. Perroots
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Biography
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Secretary of the Air Force, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C. 20330
GENERAL LEONARD H. PERROOTS
General Leonard H. Perroots is deputy chief of staff
for intelligence, Headquarters United States Air Forces in
Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
General Perroots was born April 24, 1933, in Morgantown,.
W.Va., where he graduated from St. Francis High School in
1950. He received a bachelor of science degree in history
from West Virginia University in 1955 and a master's degree in
international affairs from The George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., in 1975. The general completed Squadron
Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., in 1960;
Strategic Intelligence School in 1961; and the National War
College at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., in 1975;
all as a distinguished graduate.
He received his commission through the Reserve Officers'
Training Corps program at West Virginia University and
entered active duty in May 1955 as a squadron intelligence
officer for the 95th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Andrews Air Force Base, Md. General
Perroots was then assigned to the 59th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron at Goose Air Base,
Labrador. In March 1959 he transferred to the Combined Services Support Program (prisoner of
war training) at Stead Air Force Base, Nev., and attended Squadron Officer School from August
until December 1960.
General Perroots returned to Stead Air Force Base where he was selected as chief of the
Combined Services Support Program. From June 1962 to August 1965, he was assigned to
Headquarters Alaskan Air Command at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, as chief, Operations
Intelligence and Training Branch, Office of the Director of Intelligence.
In August 1965 General Perroots transferred to Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington,
D.C., as chief of the Current Intelligence and Briefing Branch, Directorate of Estimates, Office
of the Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence. In August 1969 he was assigned as chief, Combat
Analysis Division, Directorate of Targets, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence at
Headquarters 7th Air Force, Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Republic of Vietnam.
After returning to the United States in September 1970, he was again assigned to the Air
Staff as chief of the Operational Intelligence Division. During this period General Perroots' tour
of duty was interrupted by special projects directed by the Air Force chief of staff and Joint
Chiefs of Staff in support of Linebacker II bombing operations in Southeast Asia and fact finding
requirements associated with the Middle East war. His Air Staff duties included briefing the
White House Staff, congressional committees, secretary of Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff,
secretary of the Air Force and Air Force chief of staff. General Perroots was assigned to the
Tactical Air Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va., as the director of operational intelligence
and as the deputy chief of staff for intelligence before assuming his present duties in September
1980.
(Current as of August 198 I )
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His military decorations and awards include the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters,
Bronze Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf
cluster, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ribbon and Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with
palm.
He was promoted to brigadier general Aug. I, 1981, with date of rank July 28, 1981.
General Perroots is married to the former Mary Slavensky of Morgantown, W.Va. They have
five children: Sharon, Leonard Jr., Steven, Barbara and John.
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