{{Short description|United States Army officer (1929–2016)}} {{one source|date=March 2013}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}} {{Infobox military person | name = Gene Tunney Boyer | image = Cockpit 2.jpg | caption = Army One Helicopter Pilot | birth_date = July 24, 1929 | birth_place = Akron, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2016|8|27|1929|7|24}}<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S., Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/6451627:8750?tid=&pid=&queryId=80af0e964c24e2d71ff6b5e6ca58499d&_phsrc=qTy44&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref> | nickname = | allegiance = | branch = United States Army | service_years = 22 | rank = Lt. Colonel | service_number = | unit = Executive Flight Detachment—White House | commands = | battles = | awards = Legion of Merit for Service to Presidents Johnson, Nixon and Ford<br /> Two Distinguished Flying Crosses with Oak Leaf Cluster<br /> Army-wide '''Aviation Safety Award''' and the '''Air Medal for Valor''' with six Oak Leaf Clusters (OLC)<br /> '''Soldier's Medal'''<br /> Bronze Star Medal<br /> Army Commendation Medal<br /> National Defense Service Medal w/1 (OLC)<br />United Nations Service Medal<br />Master Army Aviator Badge<br />'''Meritorious Emblem''' w/1 (OLC)<br />Ranger Tab<br />Presidential Service Badge<br />Vietnam Service Medal<br />Vietnam Campaign Medal<br />Parachutist Badge | relations = | other_work = Sales & Marketing, Author }}

Retired United States Army Lieutenant Colonel '''Gene Tunney Boyer'''<ref>{{cite web |title=U.S., Select Military Registers, 1862-1985 |url=https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/2505029:2345?tid=&pid=&queryId=4f1699f906da99a7bb64e0fffadf4a17&_phsrc=qTy43&_phstart=successSource |website=Ancestry |access-date=28 November 2022}}</ref> (July 24, 1929 – August 27, 2016) was the chief pilot of Army One, the helicopter transporting the President of the United States, between 1964 and 1975.<ref name="pub-bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.cablepublishing.com/gene.asp |title=LTC Gene T Boyer |work=Cable Publishing |year=2011 |accessdate=2011-04-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911133835/http://www.cablepublishing.com/gene.asp |archivedate=2011-09-11 }}</ref> Boyer was the pilot during President Richard Nixon's last day in office on August 9, 1974, when Nixon famously delivered the V sign just prior to leaving office. He led the restoration of the VH-3A "Sea King" helicopter, tail number 150617, that served as Army One that day.<ref name="pub-bio"/> That helicopter is now on permanent display at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.<ref name="pub-bio"/> Boyer also served Presidents Johnson and Ford as a White House pilot. Boyer co-wrote his memoirs, ''Inside the President’s Helicopter: Reflections of a White House Senior Pilot'', with Jackie Boor.

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090529055501/http://www.genetboyer.com/ Gene T. Boyer's website]

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