{{short description|United States Air Force general}} {{Infobox military person |name=Thomas Baker |image= Lt. Gen. Thomas A. Baker.jpg |image_size= |alt= |caption= |nickname= |birth_date={{birth date and age|1935|5|9}} |birth_place=[[Golconda, Illinois]], U.S. |death_date= |death_place= |allegiance= United States |branch= [[United States Air Force]] |service_years= 1957–1993 |rank= [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant general]] |service_number= |unit= |commands=[[Twelfth Air Force]]; vice Commander, [[Tactical Air Command]]; Deputy commander in chief [[United Nations Command]]; deputy commander, [[United States Forces Korea]]; commander, Air Component Command, Combined Forces Command, and commander, [[7th Air Force]] |battles= |awards= |relations= |other_work= }} '''Thomas A. Baker''' (born May 9, 1935) is a retired [[Lieutenant general (United States)|lieutenant general]] in the [[United States Air Force]] who served as commander of the [[Twelfth Air Force]], deputy commander in chief of [[United Nations Command]] and vice commander of [[Tactical Air Command]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/107793/thomas-a-baker/ |title=LIEUTENANT GENERAL THOMAS A. BAKER > U.S. Air Force > Biography Display |publisher=Af.mil |date= |access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref> He was commissioned in 1957 and retired in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLNgVh9a5SEC&q=THOMAS+A.+BAKER+1935+golconda&pg=PA79 |title=Drug Abuse in the Military: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Children ... – United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism – Google Books |date=1985-06-27 |access-date=2020-01-23}}</ref>
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