United States Air Force Academy Cemetery

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The United States Air Force Academy Cemetery is a cemetery at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.

Notable interments

Medal of Honor recipients

William J. Crawford, for action in World War II; US Army retired Master Sergeant and long-time janitor-student mentor at the Academy

General officers

Samuel E. Anderson, Commander of 5th Air Force, Korean War.

Salvador E. Felices, delivered the first KC-135 to SAC Headquarters. Was the first to pilot the first flight of a KC-135 made by the then joint Chiefs of Staff.

Harold L. George, espoused precision daylight bombing methods, unofficial leader of the Bomber Mafia, first leader of Air Transport Command

Hubert R. Harmon, first Superintendent of the Air Force Academy

Curtis LeMay, Air Force Chief of Staff and the father of Strategic Air Command (SAC)

John P. McConnell, sixth Air Force Chief of Staff

Robin Olds, Air Force brigadier general and fighter ace

Samuel C. Phillips, Air Force four-star general, Director of Apollo Program through Apollo 11.

John Dale Ryan, seventh Air Force Chief of Staff

Carl Spaatz, first Air Force Chief of Staff

Louis L. Wilson Jr., Commander of Pacific Air Forces

Purple Heart Recipients

Laura A. Piper, first female Air Force Academy graduate to be awarded the Purple Heart killed April 14, 1994 (1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident).

References

United States Air Force Academy Cemetery Wikipedia

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