<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>
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Medal of Honor recipients General officers Purple Heart Recipients