Major General Chester E. McCarty (December 31, 1905 – April 5, 1999) was an officer and pilot in the United States Air Force who served as chief of staff for U.S. Air Forces in Europe in February 1963. He came to Germany from Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., where he served an assistant chief of staff for Reserve Forces. He also held political offices in Oregon. McCarty directed an important airlift of supplies during the Korean War and was the first Air Force pilot to fly over the South Pole.