USAF (ret.) – Washington State University Merrill A. McPeak, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force and former Commander, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF); General, USAF (ret.) – San Diego State Richard O. Middleton, Mobilization Assistant to the Director of Logistics, Air Mobility Command (AMC); Brigadier General, USAFR – The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina Kenneth Minihan, former Director, National Security Agency (NSA); Lieutenant General, USAF (ret.) – Florida State University Thomas S. Moorman Jr., former Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force and former Commander, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC); General, USAF (ret.) – Dartmouth College T. Michael Moseley, former Chief of Staff of the Air Force, former Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and former Commander, 9th Air Force; commanded U.S. and Allied air operations during Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom; General, USAF (ret.) – Texas A&M University Richard B. Myers, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; former Commander, U.S. Space Command (USSPACECOM) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD); former Commander, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF); General, USAF (ret.) – Kansas State University Lloyd W. Newton, former Commander, Air Education and Training Command (AETC); first African-American U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot, General, USAF (ret.) – Tennessee State University Gary L. North – Commander, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF); General, USAF – East Carolina University Scott O'Grady, Major, USAFR – Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott, Arizona campus) Ellison Onizuka, Astronaut (Killed in Space Shuttle Challenger, STS-51-L disaster), Colonel, USAF (deceased) – University of Colorado at Boulder Samuel C. Phillips, former Commander, Air Force Systems Command (AFSC) and former Director, National Security Agency (NSA); General, USAF (ret., deceased) – University of Wyoming Richard A. Platt, former ANG Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE); Major General, USAF / Air National Guard (ret.) – New Jersey Institute of Technology Joseph W. Ralston, former Commander, U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and former Commander, Air Combat Command (ACC); General, USAF (ret.) – Miami University Antonio J. Ramos, former Commander, Air Force Security Assistance Center; Brigadier General, USAF (ret.) – University of Puerto Rico Thomas C. Richards, former Deputy Commander, U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) and former Commander, Air University (AU); General, USAF (ret.) – Virginia Polytechnic Institute Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez, F-15 pilot with 2 aerial victories during Desert Storm in 1991, one MIG kill over Kosovo 1999, the fighter pilot with the most victories since