Returning to the United States in December 1945, he was assigned to Headquarters, Army Air Forces, for duty with the Officers Selection Committee. In July 1946, he went to Pacific Air Command (PACUSA) headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, and two months later became commanding general of the 1st Air Division on Okinawa. He returned to the United States and the Pentagon in December 1947, with assignment to the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff—Materiel, Headquarters United States Air Force, for duty with the Special Weapons Group as assistant to Major Gen. William E. Kepner, Deputy Chief for Atomic Energy. On 1 July 1948, a reorganization moved the organization to the office of the Deputy Chief of Staff—Operations, and Hegenberger succeeded Kepner as chief of Special Weapons Group. In August 1948, under the Assistant For Atomic Energy, his position was retitled Chief, 1009th Special Weapons Squadron. Hegenberger retired August 31, 1949. In 1958 he was recognized for his demonstration of the capability of four-course radio range beacons as a navigational aid by the Professional Group on Aeronautical and Navigational Electronics, a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, receiving its annual "Pioneer Award", and in 1976 was enshrined in the National Aviation Hall of Fame. He died of pneumonia in Goldenrod, Florida on August 31, 1983. SOURCE: "Biographical Data on Air Force General Officers, 1917–1952, Volume 1 – A thru L"    Command pilot    World War II Victory Medal    Order of Cloud and Banner (Republic of China)    Order of the Crown of Italy (Grand Officer)    Combat Observer    Technical Observer  Hegenberger also received the 1927 Mackay Trophy, the 1934 Collier Trophy, and was a Fellow of the Institute of Aeronautical Engineers. Hegenberger Road and Hegenberger Expressway in Oakland, California, near the Oakland International Airport, are named after him.