List of Punahou School Alumni - Military Leaders and Heroes - Air Force

Air Force

  • '28 Benjamin Jepson Webster (West Point) — Lieutenant General, Commander of Allied Airforces, Southern Europe (AIRSOUTH)
  • '30 Charles Barnard Stewart (West Point) — Brigadier General, Legion of Merit, vice commander of Air Force Special Weapons Center (Kirtland Air Force Base), director at Atomic Energy Commission
  • '35* William Brewster Morgan (Columbia) — Eagle Squadron pilot, subject of movie, Commander of Hawaii National Guard (attended 1925-30)
  • '40* Ben Cassiday, Jr. (West Point) — Brigadier General and Commandant of AFROTC, Silver Star (attended 1934-36)
  • '59* Karl Polifka, Jr. — Deputy Director of Intelligence US Central Command, Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, son of Karl "Pop" Polifka, pioneer in air reconnaissance (attended 1954-58)
  • '61 Michael H. Tice (Oregon) — Major General Commanded 154th Wing
  • '66* Gregory S. Martin (Air Force Academy) — General and Commander at Wright-Patterson AFB, Commander of Allied Airforces, Northern Europe (AIRNORTH); Defense Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (attended 1962-65)
  • '72 Gregory B. Gardner (UH) — Air National Guard Major General, Kansas National Guard Adjutant General and Director of Homeland Security for Kansas, commanded B1 bomber 184th Wing
  • '79 Dean Avary (Stanford) — Captain and fighter pilot appearing in Disavow: A CIA Saga of Betrayal, and Explosive Secrets of Covert CIA Companies

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