THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, July 7, 1994                 TAG: 9407070521
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B2   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS 
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                         LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

GEN. DONNELLY, FORMER NATO AIR CHIEF, DIES HE FLEW 38 TYPES OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT IN A 4-DECADE CAREER.

Charles L. Donnelly Jr., former commander in chief of U.S. and NATO air forces in Europe, died of cancer Sunday at Andrews Air Force Base. He was 64.

Donnelly joined the Air Force as an aviation cadet in 1951, became a pilot the following year and worked his way up to the rank of general. During a career that extended over four decades, he logged more than 8,000 hours of flight in 38 types of aircraft.

Donnelly was a fighter pilot in the Vietnam War from November 1966 to September 1967. He went on to training and command assignments worldwide before being named commander of U.S. forces in Japan and Korea in 1981.

In 1984, he became commander in chief of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe. He retired from that post in 1987, making his home in Arlington, Va.

Survivors include his wife, Carolyn and a daughter.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB