David Wherley, Jr.

David Franklin Wherley, Jr. (February 9, 1947 - June 22, 2009) was a Major General of the United States National Guard, noted as a former commander of the District of Columbia National Guard between 2003 and 2008, and as commander of the 113th Fighter Wing at Andrews Air Force Base during the September 11, 2001 attacks. Wherley, who served for forty years and 5,000 flight hours in the Air National Guard as a pilot, deployed aircraft over Washington DC during the 2001 attacks to defend the White House. He was killed in June 2009 in a train crash along with his wife, Ann. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The Wherley Family Readiness Center at the DC National Guard Armoury was named in honour of Wherley and his wife.