Editing David C. Jones (section)

{{Short description|9th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2022}}
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'''David Charles Jones''' (July 9, 1921 – August 10, 2013) was a [[United States Air Force]] [[General (United States)|general]] and the ninth [[chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web |url=https://www.meaningfulfunerals.net/home/index.cfm?action=public%3Aobituaries.view&o_id=2192055&fh_id=11079 |publisher=Meaningful Funerals |agency=(obituary) |title=Gen. David C. Jones |date=August 2013 |access-date=August 8, 2016}}</ref><ref name=mafpln>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qUpTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uoMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6779%2C283939 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |agency=Associated Press |title=Jones can fly most A.F. planes |date=April 2, 1980 |page=A12}}</ref> In this capacity, Jones served as the highest-ranking uniformed officer of the [[United States Armed Forces]].<ref name=":0" /> He previously served as the ninth [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force]] and fifteenth commander of the [[United States Air Forces in Europe – Air Forces Africa|United States Air Forces in Europe]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=David C.|title=GENERAL DAVID C. JONES|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/106590/general-david-c-jones/|access-date=July 22, 2020|website=af.mil}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/afhra-k-570.601-3 |title=Profiles In Leadership 1942-1992 |pages=168–175 |last=Snyder |first=Thomas |last2=Shaw |first2=Shelia |date=January 28, 1992 |publisher=[[Air Force Historical Research Agency]] |access-date=October 18, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130230530/https://archive.org/details/afhra-k-570.601-3 |archive-date=November 30, 2021 }}</ref>

Jones is best known for his efforts to cement the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff as the principal military advisor to the [[President of the United States|President]], as opposed to being a "first among equals" of the [[Joint Chiefs of Staff]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" /> Following his retirement from active duty in 1982, he continued to emphasize the importance of such reform, which contributed to the passage of [[Goldwater–Nichols Act|Goldwater-Nichols Act]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":4" />