US Air Force Lieutenant General. He served as the 5th Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. Born at the Presidio of Monterey, California, he attended John J. Phillips High School in Birmingham, Alabama and after graduating, he was selected to attend the US Military Academy at West Point, New York. Upon graduating in 1933 with a commission as a 2nd lieutenant, he entered the US Army Air Corps flying training school at Randolph Field (now Randolph Air Force Base, a part of Joint Base San Antonio), Texas and graduated with his pilot wings in October 1934. His first assignment was with the 4th Observation Squadron, 5th Composite Group at Luke Field, Hawaii and in July 1936 he was reassigned to the 97th Reconnaissance Squadron at Mitchel Field, New York (now closed). The following year he entered the field of meteorology and received a Master of Science Degree from the California Institute of Technology at Pasadena, California. After a two-year assignment as Weather Officer at Randolph Field, he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts for further study in meteorology. In July 1941 he was assigned to US Air Corps Headquarters in Washington DC where he served as chief climatologist and assistant director of the Air Corps Research Center and liaison officer to the US Weather Bureau. From May 1943 until December 1943, General Moorman was commanding officer of the 21st Weather Squadron, first at Bradley Field (now Bradley International Airport, Connecticut. In January 1944 he became the staff weather officer and later director of weather for 9th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations, a position he held until December 1944, and from January 1945 until June 1945 he served as commanding officer of the 21st Weather Squadron and Staff Weather Officer for 9th Air Force. After the Japanese surrender in August 1945 he returned to the US as the Deputy Chief of Staff for the Air Weather Service at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. The following year he became the air weather officer at Headquarters US Army Air Forces and remained in that position until he entered the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, and upon graduation, he served with the US Far East Air Force in Tokyo, Japan as commander of the 2143d Air Weather Wing (now the 1st Weather Wing), and upon his return to the US he became deputy commander of the Air Weather Service at Andrews. In April 1954 he became the Commander of Air Weather Service and served in that position for four years. In 1958 he returned to the Far East and became the commander of the 13th Air Force at Clark Air Base, Philippines (now closed). In July 1961 he became the Vice Commander-in-Chief, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, and four years later, he returned to the US and became Superintendent of the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado. He retired in this position in August 1970 with 37 years of continuous military service. Among his military decorations and awards include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with 2 oak leaf clusters, the Bronze Star, the Air Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal. He died in Sterling, Virginia at the age of 87. He is the father of US Air Force General Thomas S. Moorman, Jr, who served as the Vice Chief of Staff of the US Air Force from July 1994 to August 1997.