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{{Character Data
|photo=Cushing.jpg
|seen=Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I
|role=[[United States Air Force]] officer
|rank=General
|actor=[[Richard Eastham]]
}}

General '''Cushing''' is the [[United States Air Force]] officer who reports to the President of the [[United States of America|United States]] regarding the detection of [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]]'s [[Viper (1980)|Viper]]s in [[1980]] CE. 

Cushing subsequently launches fighters to intercept the Vipers, who subsequently turbo away leaving the interceptors befuddled ([[1980]]: "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]").

== Novelization depiction ==

{{separate continuity|universe=1980|type=line}}

In the [[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)|novelization]] by [[Michael Resnick]], this character is named General '''Tucker Wilson''' in a news clipping. His aide is Colonel [[Henry Becksworth Davies]].<ref>{{cite_book|last=Resnick|first=Michael|authorlink=Michael Resnick|authorlinkurl=|year=1981|title=[[Battlestar Galactica 5: Galactica Discovers Earth]]|publisher=Berkley Books|location=|id=|pages=20}}</ref>

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