<Ul> <Li> Medal of Honor recipients <Ul> <Li> William J. Crawford , for action in World War II ; US Army retired Master Sergeant and long - time janitor - student mentor at the Academy </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> General officers <Ul> <Li> Samuel E. Anderson , Commander of 5th Air Force , Korean War . </Li> <Li> 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 . </Li> <Li> Harold L. George , espoused precision daylight bombing methods , unofficial leader of the Bomber Mafia , first leader of Air Transport Command </Li> <Li> Hubert R. Harmon , first Superintendent of the Air Force Academy </Li> <Li> Curtis LeMay , Air Force Chief of Staff and the father of Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) </Li> <Li> John P. McConnell , sixth Air Force Chief of Staff </Li> <Li> Robin Olds , Air Force brigadier general and fighter ace </Li> <Li> Samuel C. Phillips , Air Force four - star general , Director of Apollo Program through Apollo 11 . </Li> <Li> John Dale Ryan , seventh Air Force Chief of Staff </Li> <Li> Carl Spaatz , first Air Force Chief of Staff </Li> <Li> Louis L. Wilson Jr. , Commander of Pacific Air Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Purple Heart Recipients <Ul> <Li> Laura A. Piper , first female Air Force Academy graduate to be awarded the Purple Heart , killed April 14 , 1994 ( 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident ) . </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul>
<Ul> <Li> Medal of Honor recipients <Ul> <Li> William J. Crawford , for action in World War II ; US Army retired Master Sergeant and long - time janitor - student mentor at the Academy </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> General officers <Ul> <Li> Samuel E. Anderson , Commander of 5th Air Force , Korean War . </Li> <Li> 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 . </Li> <Li> Harold L. George , espoused precision daylight bombing methods , unofficial leader of the Bomber Mafia , first leader of Air Transport Command </Li> <Li> Hubert R. Harmon , first Superintendent of the Air Force Academy </Li> <Li> Curtis LeMay , Air Force Chief of Staff and the father of Strategic Air Command ( SAC ) </Li> <Li> John P. McConnell , sixth Air Force Chief of Staff </Li> <Li> Robin Olds , Air Force brigadier general and fighter ace </Li> <Li> Samuel C. Phillips , Air Force four - star general , Director of Apollo Program through Apollo 11 . </Li> <Li> John Dale Ryan , seventh Air Force Chief of Staff </Li> <Li> Carl Spaatz , first Air Force Chief of Staff </Li> <Li> Louis L. Wilson Jr. , Commander of Pacific Air Forces </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Purple Heart Recipients <Ul> <Li> Laura A. Piper , first female Air Force Academy graduate to be awarded the Purple Heart , killed April 14 , 1994 ( 1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident ) . </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul>
who can be buried at the air force academy
who can be buried at the air force academy
Medal of Honor recipients General officers Purple Heart Recipients
Medal of Honor recipients General officers Purple Heart Recipients