United States Air Force Academy Cemetery






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


    • Samuel E. Anderson, Commander of 5th Air Force, Korean War.


    • 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)


    • John P. McConnell, sixth Air Force Chief of Staff


    • 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, seventh Air Force Chief of Staff


    • Carl Spaatz, first Air Force Chief of Staff


    • Louis L. Wilson Jr., Commander of Pacific Air Forces


    • Don Z. Zimmerman, first Dean of Faculty at the United States Air Force Academy




  • Purple Heart Recipients
    • Laura A. Piper, first female Air Force Academy graduate to be awarded the Purple Heart, killed April 14, 1994 (1994 Black Hawk shootdown incident).




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


Coordinates: 39°00′56″N 104°51′17″W / 39.01556°N 104.85472°W / 39.01556; -104.85472



















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