Major General James Franklin Hackler Jr. (September 8, 1920 – November 22, 2007) was a United States Air Force general. He graduated from New Hanover High School, Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1937; attended Riverside Military Academy, Gainesville, Georgia, during 1937–1938, and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, during 1938–1939. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1943, with the first class in which some members received both a commission and pilot wings.