Editing Jimmy Doolittle (section)

==Dates of military rank==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Insignia !! Rank !! Service and components !! Date
|-
|No insignia
|[[Cadet|Aviation Cadet]] ||United States Army Reserve ([[Officers Reserve Corps]])<br>[[Signal Corps (United States Army)]] 
| 6 October 1917
|-
|No insignia
|[[Private First Class]] || [[United States Army Reserve]] (Enlisted Reserve Corps) || 10 November 1917
|-
|[[File:US-O1 insignia.svg|13px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[US Second Lieutenant|Second Lieutenant]]||United States Army Reserve ([[Officers Reserve Corps]])<br>(Signal Corps)
| 11 March 1918
|-
|[[File:US-O1 insignia.svg|13px|center]]
| &nbsp;Second Lieutenant||[[Regular Army]] ([[United States Army Air Service]])
| 1 July (accepted 19 September) 1920
|-
|[[File:US-O2 insignia.svg|13px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[US First Lieutenant|First Lieutenant]]||Regular Army (United States Army Air Service)
| 1 July 1920<br />Resigned 15 February 1930
|-
|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Major (United States)|Major]]||United States Army Reserve (Specialist Reserve Corps)
| 5 March 1930
|-
|[[File:US-O4 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;Major||United States Army Reserve ([[United States Army Air Corps]])
| 1 July 1940 
|-
|[[File:US-O5 insignia.svg|40px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]]|| [[Army of the United States]] ([[United States Army Air Forces]])
| 2 January 1942
|-
|[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|33px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Brigadier general (United States)|Brigadier General]]|| Army of the United States (United States Army Air Forces)
| 23 April 1942
|-
|[[File:US-O8 insignia.svg|66px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Major general (United States)|Major General]]|| Army of the United States (United States Army Air Forces)
| 20 November 1942
|-
|[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]||Army of the United States (United States Army Air Forces)
| 13 March 1944
|-
|[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]]
| &nbsp;Lieutenant General||Army of the United States (United States Army Air Forces Reserve)
| 5 January 1946
|-
|[[File:US-O7 insignia.svg|33px|center]]
| &nbsp;Brigadier General|| Regular Army (United States Army Air Forces)
| 1 May 1946
|-
|[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]||[[United States Army Air Forces]]
| 10 May 1946
|-
|[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]|| [[United States Air Force]]
[[Air Force Reserve|Air Force Reserve Command]]
| 18 September 1947
|-
|[[File:US-O9 insignia.svg|100px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]]|| [[United States Air Force]]
[[Air Force Reserve|Air Force Reserve Command]]

Retired List
| 28 February 1959
|-
|[[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|133px|center]]
| &nbsp;[[General (United States)|General (Honorary)]]|| [[United States Air Force]]
[[Air Force Reserve|Air Force Reserve Command]]

Retired List
| 4 April 1985
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align: center;" | '''Source:'''<ref>{{cite book|date=1930|page=176 |title=Official Army Register|location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|url=https://archive.org/details/officialarmyregi1930unit/page/176/mode/2up }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1943|journal=Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America |volume=84 |page= 214}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1943|journal=Journal of the Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States of America |volume=84 |title=Page 726}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|date=1947|page=1964 |title=Official Army Register|location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|url=https://archive.org/details/officialarmyregi1947unit/page/1964/mode/2up }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Biographies/Display/Article/107225/general-james-harold-doolittle/ |title=General James Harold Doolittle |author=<!--Not stated-->|website=United States Air Force |publisher=U.S. Government |access-date=June 30, 2023}}</ref>
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