Francis Walter Nye (born June 29, 1918) was a United States Air Force major general who was a B-24 Liberator and B-29 Superfortress combat pilot. He was commander, Field Command, Defense Atomic Support Agency, Sandia Base, N.M. Nye’s crew was formed at Salina, Kansas, and assigned B-29 serial # 42-6232 in April 1944. This aircraft was named “Kickapoo II.” Capt. Nye had finished a tour of duty previously with 36 missions in a B-24's named “Kickapoo” in the Mediterranean Theater. On June 20, 1944, Nye was ordered to the 468th Bomb Group as Asst. S-3 (Deputy Group Operations Officer).