Notable Fighter Pilots
Notable fighter pilots include:
- Adolf Galland
- Adolph Malan (Sailor Malan)
- Afkhami
- Toufanian
- Antonio Bautista
- Billy Bishop
- Buzz Aldrin
- Chuck Yeager
- Donald Rumsfeld
- Erich Hartmann (highest scoring ace in the history of aerial warfare)
- Ernst Udet
- Francesco Baracca
- Frank Luke
- Gerhard Barkhorn
- Georges Guynemer
- George W. Bush
- Giora Epstein
- Günther Rall
- Hans-Joachim Marseille
- Heinrich Bär
- Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer
- Hermann Göring
- Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
- Jalil Zandi
- James Jabara
- John Glenn
- John McCain
- Karl W. Richter
- K. Sedghi
- Kurt Welter
- Manfred von Richthofen (The Red Baron)
- Nguyen Van Bay
- Nguyễn Văn Cốc
- Oswald Boelcke
- Max Immelmann
- Mohommed Rayyan (Sky Falcon)
- Randy "Duke" Cunningham
- René Fonck
- Richard Bong
- Robin Olds
- Sabiha Gökçen (the first female combat pilot)
- Saburo Sakai
- Scott O'Grady
- Shahram Rostami
- Ted Williams
- Tetsuzo Iwamoto
- Władysław Turowicz
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