did he continue his ealy career after the war as well?
He was replaced as group commander and became the first commander of the 509th Bombardment Wing.
Paul Tibbets
The 509th Composite Group returned to the United States on 6 November 1945, and was stationed at Roswell Army Airfield, New Mexico. Colonel William H. Blanchard replaced Tibbets as group commander on 22 January 1946, and also became the first commander of the 509th Bombardment Wing, the successor to the 509th Composite Group. 
who was the person who dropped the atomic bomb Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. where was he born? Quincy, Illinois was he a pilot? Yes, in the United States Army Air Corps. when did he join the army? He enlisted in the United States Army in 1937 and qualified as a pilot in 1938.
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Paul Tibbets [SEP] Post-war military career
The 509th Composite Group returned to the United States on 6 November 1945, and was stationed at Roswell Army Airfield, New Mexico. Colonel William H. Blanchard replaced Tibbets as group commander on 22 January 1946, and also became the first commander of the 509th Bombardment Wing, the successor to the 509th Composite Group. Tibbets was a technical advisor to the 1946 Operation Crossroads nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, but he and his "Enola Gay" crew were not chosen to drop another atomic bomb. Tibbets then attended the Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.