 Moats was assigned in September 1955 to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, D.C., where he was chief of the Civil Branch, Community Relations Division.In December 1957 he assumed command of the 60th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Otis Air Force Base, Mass.In September 1960 he was named director, Combat Operations, 26th Air Division at Hancock Field, Syracuse, N.Y., and became director of operations and training before leaving there in January 1963.