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

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