I. G. Brown
Major General I. G. Brown
Born	(1915-06-11)June 11, 1915^[1] Hot Springs, Arkansas
Died	September 26, 1978(1978-09-26) (aged 63)^[2]^[3] Annandale, Virginia
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force
Years of service	1942–1977
Rank	Major general
Commands held	Air National Guard
Battles/wars	World War II

I. G. Brown (June 11, 1915 – September 26, 1978) was a senior officer in the United States Air Force who served as the First Director, Air National Guard from August 6, 1969 – April 19, 1974.^[4]

In 1946, then Lieutenant Colonel Brown, temporarily retired, was elected Sheriff of Garland County, Arkansas on the independent "GI" reform ticket. During his 4-year term, illegal gambling operations were closed down and a number of corrupt officials from the previous political "machine", including the former mayor of 25 years, Leo P. McLaughlin, were arrested and prosecuted. Brown did not seek re-election and returned to active duty in 1951 shortly after leaving office.

"The Training and Education Center was established in 1968 as the I.G. Brown Professional Military Education Center, named in honor of the first Director of the Air National Guard, Maj. Gen. I.G. Brown. In 1998, its name was changed to The I.G. Brown Air National Guard Training and Education Center."^[5]

Command Excellence Trophy

Major general I.G. Brown command excellence trophy recipients:

2011

Region 3: Colonel Wendy K. Johnson, Commander, 155th Mission Support Group, Nebraska Air National Guard
Region 4: Colonel Roger E. Williams Jr., Commander, 145th Operations Group, North Carolina Air National Guard
Region 6: Colonel Christopher R. Alderdice, Commander, 122nd Maintenance Group, Indiana Air National Guard^[6]

2008

Lt Col William G. Siddoway – Region 1 Chapter 9 – 169th Intelligence Squadron, Salt Lake City, Utah
Col James R. Summers – Region 2 Chapter 54 – 189th AW/CC, Little Rock, AR
Lt Col Steven H. Plamann – Region 3 Chapter 76 – 155th OSF/CC, Lincoln, NE
Brig Gen Iwan B. Clontz – Region 4 Chapter 7 – JFHQ-NC/AAGA, Raleigh, NC
Lt Col Robert P. Lemieux – Region 5 Chapter 88 – ANGRC/CV, Andrews AFB, MD
Capt James E. Robinson – Region 6 Chapter 75 – 183rd SFS CC, Springfield, IL^[7]

Notes

^ United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services (1972), Hearings, retrieved 30 Dec 2011
^ CMSgt Arthur H. Hafner, Retired, Major General I. G. Brown The First Director, Air National Guard and Founder of the I. G. Brown ANG TEC, archived from the original on 3 March 2016, retrieved 30 Dec 2011
^ National Guard Association of the United States (1978), "Official proceedings", digitized 11 Aug 2009, The Association, vol. 100, retrieved 30 Dec 2011
^ "Active Major Command and ANG Leaders", Air Force Magazine, Air Force Association, p. 106, May 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 8 January 2013, retrieved 20 December 2011
^ "THE I.G. BROWN AIR NATIONAL GUARD TRAINING AND EDUCATION CENTER". Air National Guard Training and Education Center. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 24 Dec 2011.
^ "2011 MAJOR GENERAL I.G. BROWN COMMAND EXCELLENCE TROPHY RECIPIENTS". Retrieved 24 Dec 2011.
^ "Major General I.G. Brown Command Excellence Award Recipients" (PDF). Retrieved 24 Dec 2011.

Military offices Preceded byWinston P. Wilson Director of the United States Air National Guard 1974–1977 Succeeded byJohn J. Pesch