Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant |
Charles E. Myers Jr. | |
Birth Name: | Charles E. Myers |
Nickname: | Chuck |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1925 |
Birth Place: | Hampton, Virginia |
Death Place: | Naples, Florida |
Branch: | United States Army Air Forces United States Navy |
Rank: | Lieutenant |
Spouse: | Sallie Myers |
Charles Myers Jr. (March 21, 1925 – May 9, 2016) was an aviation pioneer and an early member of the "Fighter Mafia" inside the Pentagon.[1] He served as the Director for Air Warfare in the Office of the Secretary of Defense between 1973–78 during which time he launched Project Harvey which later became known as the “stealth” program.[2]