Warren Carroll Moore

Major General Warren Carroll Moore, USAF (Ret.) passed away peacefully on March 16, 2026, with his beloved wife by his side. He was 98.
Born on February 16, 1928, in San Antonio, Texas, to Marva Odessa (Shoemaker) Moore and Carroll Milner Moore, Warren spent his early years in San Antonio and El Paso. He attended the University of Texas at Austin before earning a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Maryland in 1964 and a master’s degree in business administration from Auburn University in 1971. That same year, he was recognized as a distinguished graduate of the Air War College at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
General Moore began his Air Force career upon earning his pilot wings at Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring, Texas, in 1952. He was first assigned to Luke Air Force Base in Glendale, Arizona, where he flew the F-84 Thunderjet. During the Korean War, he deployed to Kunsan Air Base with the 49th Fighter-Bomber Wing, flying 41 combat missions over North Korea before the conflict ended in 1953.
In December 1953, General Moore returned to the United States and served in the Air Training Command. After completing basic instructor school, he became a flight instructor at Bryan Air Force Base, Texas, and later instructed at Craig Air Force Base, Alabama. He also served on the Air Training Command’s standardization and evaluation team. In January 1957, he attended Squadron Officer School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama and later served as an assistant professor of air sciences with the Air Force ROTC detachment at Southern Illinois University from July 1957 to September 1960.
In November 1960, his career continued with an assignment to Seventeenth Air Force at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, where he served as a senior operations duty officer in the Combat Operations Center and on the Combat Mission Planning Team for Europe. He later returned stateside to the Plans and Programs Division at Headquarters Air Training Command, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, from August 1964 to January 1967, before transitioning to Tactical Air Command for F-4 Phantom training.
In August 1967, General Moore again served in combat during the Vietnam War with the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing—the famed “Gunfighters”—at Da Nang Air Base in the Republic of Vietnam and Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. There, he held several key operational roles, including chief of the Tactics Division and assistant director of operations. During this time, he completed 100 combat missions over North Vietnam and 29 in-country combat missions.
Upon returning to the United States in June 1968, he served as director of Plans and Programs at Headquarters Air Training Command. In August 1971, he was assigned as deputy commander for operations of the 82nd Flying Training Wing at Williams Air Force Base, Arizona, and assumed command of the wing in September 1972. In March 1974, he returned to Headquarters Air Training Command as assistant deputy chief of staff for operations. In July 1974, he was named commander of the Officer Training School, Air Training Command, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and in March 1975, he was given the additional duty of vice commander of the Air Force Military Training Center. In August 1975, he became commander of the Lowry Technical Training Center in Denver, Colorado. In January 1977, General Moore took command of the United States Logistics Group in Ankara, Turkey. He concluded his distinguished military career as vice commander in chief of Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado Springs, Colorado from February 1979 to July 1981.
A command pilot, General Moore logged more than 4,500 flying hours. His many decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal with 12 oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation emblem, and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award ribbon with “V” device and two oak leaf clusters.
Following his retirement from the Air Force in 1981, he led a notable civilian career starting with Aerojet Electro Systems Company as a special consultant. He was asked to organize Central Bank of Colorado Springs in April 1982, while there he was briefly involved in retail banking operations. In September of that year, he was asked to join the First National Bank of Colorado Springs, as Vice President, Director of Marketing and Human Resources. His additional duties were Secretary/Director of the bank’s management council, he was responsible for total marketing, personnel functions, business development and strategic planning. He was one of the upper nine senior bank officers.
In 1991, First National Bank (then known as Affiliated Bank Shares of Colorado) announced the election of Warren C. Moore, as Senior Vice President of the holding company in Denver. His duties included marketing management and responsibilities for the company’s state-wide banks. He retired from his banking career in 1994. The bank is now known as J.P. Morgan Chase.
In addition to his professional accomplishments, General Moore was deeply committed to community service. He generously gave his time and leadership to numerous nonprofit organizations, which included serving as a board member of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, a board member of the Goodwill Industries, a member of the Colorado Springs Airport Planning Commission and involvement with the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce for Military Affairs, the USAF Falcon Foundation, and the Kiwanis Club of Monument. He was an avid golfer, gourmet cook and accomplished watercolorist.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his younger brother, Don. He is survived by his wife, Claudia Peterson Moore; children: Marva Catherine Duncan (Moore) and husband Rick; Warren Carroll Moore Jr.; Cynthia Kelley Moore; Tracey May Polson and husband Dave; and Tricia Lynn Hakamaa and husband Marko; grandchildren: Amelia Moore; John Moore and wife Rachel; Makena Polson; and Keegan Polson; and great-granddaughter: Camille Moore.
A graveside inurnment will be held at Pikes Peak National Cemetery on May 28 at 1 p.m., followed by a memorial service at The Church at Woodmoor at 3 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Church at Woodmoor, Kiwanis of Monument or Choice Hospice.