United States Air Force Academy Cemetery

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Two 10 CS members volunteer laying wreaths on graves

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
  • 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)
  • 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, Air Force Chief of Staff
  • Carl Spaatz, first Air Force Chief of Staff
• Purple Heart Recipients
  • Laura A. Piper, first female Air Force Academy graduate to be awarded the Purple Heart killed April 14, 1994 (fratricide).

External links

• United States Air Force Academy Cemetery at Find a Grave
• U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: United States Air Force Academy Cemetery