Air Force Institute of Technology - Notable AFIT Alumni

Notable AFIT Alumni

  • George W.S. Abbey – Former Director Johnson Space Center
  • Brigadier General Russell J. Anarde, USAF, Ret.
  • Captain Milburn G. Apt – The first pilot to achieve Mach 3
  • General George T. Babbitt, Jr., USAF, Ret.
  • Brigadier General Rosanne Bailey, USAF, Ret.
  • David Barish – Developer of the Paraglider
  • Lieutenant General Ted F. Bowlds
  • Brigadier General Cary C. Chun
  • Lieutenant General Roger G. DeKok, USAF, Ret.
  • Lieutenant General William J. Donahue, USAF, Ret.
  • General Jimmy Doolittle- Doolittle Raider
  • Lieutenant General Hans H. Driessnack, USAF, Ret.
  • Colonel Arnold L. Franklin Jr. USAF, Ret – In April 1986, as the 493rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, Franklin led the USAF raid on Libya.
  • Dr. Russell Merle Genet – Pioneered the world’s first fully robotic observatory
  • Lt Col George E. Hardy, USAF, Ret – Tuskegee Airmen
  • Brigadier General Harold R. Harris, USAF, Ret.
  • General Robert T. Herres, USAF, Ret.
  • General Charles R. Holland, USAF, Ret.
  • Robert P. Johannes – One of the developers of the control configured vehicle (CCV) concept
  • Lt Col Frank A. Kappeler, USAF, Ret – Doolittle Raider
  • General George Kenney, USAF, Ret.
  • Major General Donald L. Lamberson, USAF, Ret. – Considered the father of lasers in the Air Force
  • Major General Louis G. Leiser, USAF, Ret.
  • Donald S. Lopez, USAF, Ret. – Deputy Director of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
  • Lieutenant John A. Macready – American Test Pilot and Aviator
  • Lieutenant General Forrest S. McCartney, USAF, Ret.
  • Lt Col Harry C. McCool, USAF, Ret – Doolittle Raider
  • Lt John A. Macready, USAF, Ret – American test pilot and aviator
  • General Bernard Schriever, USAF, Ret.
  • General Lawrence Skantze, USAF, Ret.
  • Major General Joseph K. Spiers, USAF, Ret.
  • Lieutenant General James W. Stansberry, USAF, Ret.
  • Lieutenant General William E. Thurman, USAF, Ret.
  • Major General Jerry White (Navigators), USAF, Ret.
  • Colonel Richard V. Wheeler, USAF, Ret. – American Test Pilot and Aviator
  • Michael Wynne – Former Secretary of the Air Force
  • Brian P Mayer
  • Edgar Myers, III
  • David A Flosi

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