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{{short description|United States Air Force general (1904–1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Use American English|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox military person
| honorific_suffix = CB CBE
| birth_date = {{birth date|1904|4|13}}<ref name=af1946bio>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/afhra-417.01 |title=Biography of Robert Merrill Lee |pages=4–14 |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 31, 1946 |publisher=[[Air Force Historical Research Agency]]}} {{PD-notice}}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1993|2|9|1904|4|13}}
| image = Richard Quesada color photo portrait head and shoulders.jpg
| caption = Lt Gen. Elwood R. Quesada
| nickname = "Pete"
| birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]],
| death_place = [[Jupiter, Florida]],
| placeofburial = [[Arlington National Cemetery]]
| allegiance = United States
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==Early years==
Elwood Richard Quesada was born in Washington, D.C., in 1904 to an Irish-American mother and a Spanish father. He attended [[Wyoming Seminary]] in Kingston, Pa., [[University of Maryland, College Park]], and [[Georgetown University]].
==Early military career==
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In December 1948, Air Force Chief of Staff [[Hoyt Vandenberg]] stripped TAC of its planes and pilots and reduced its status to that of a planning headquarters under the newly formed [[Continental Air Command]]. Strategic airpower advocates such as General [[Curtis LeMay]] gained a lock on the budget for the Air Force in the post-World War II years, and the Air Force's tactical air warfare ability suffered.
Quesada thus asked for reassignment and was given a dead-end job by Vandenberg as head of a committee to find ways to combine the Air Force Reserves and Air National Guard. Quesada was removed from this job after only two months, as his blunt and impatient nature only served to stir up controversy in this near-impossible task. A subsequent heated exchange during a meeting with Vandenberg and LeMay regarding the slow progress of the committee only added to
The onset of the [[Korean War]] resulted in the re-formation of TAC, headed by Quesada's friend, General [[Otto P. Weyland]], who led the XIX TAC during World War II. To
==Civilian and family life==
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The [[Arnold Air Society]] Squadron at [[Clarkson University]] is named in his honor.
On September 14, 2011, he was honored posthumously during Hispanic Heritage Month activities in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clevelandairport.com/Airport-Guide/News---Media-Relations/Top-Stories/CLE_Bio_PDF.aspx |title=
In 2012 Quesada was posthumously inducted into the [[National Aviation Hall of Fame]] in Dayton, Ohio.
==Rank and promotions==
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