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Major Gen Carl G. Schneider, USAF (Ret)
Carl Schneider enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Force in 1946. He graduated from Williams AFB flying the P-51 Mustang. In …
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Rear Admiral Hugh Dennis Wisely (USN, ret)
Admiral Wisely entered the Naval Aviation Cadet Program in 1961. He flew 350 combat missions with VF-114 over Vietna…
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Barrett Tillman
Barrett Tillman (born 1948) is an award-winning author who has made significant contributions to aviation history. As a teenaged private pilot …
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Captain Ted Elvans Lines (AAF)
1921 — 2005
Born and raised in Arizona, Ted Lines joined the U.S. Army Air Forces after his graduation from Mesa Union Hi…
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General Seth Jefferson McKee, USAF (Ret.)
1916 —
During World War II, General Seth McKee commanded the 370th Fighter Group in Europe and achieved the r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XY9_rear-admiral-walter-lewis-chatham-usn-ret-historical_Mesa-AZ.html
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Rear Admiral Walter Lewis Chatham, USN (Ret)
1934 —
Naval Aviator
Rear Admiral "Lew" Chatham, USN (Retired) has approximately 5,000 hours in …
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Sergei I. Sikorsky
1925 —
Rotorcraft Pioneer
Mr. Sergei Sikorsky learned aviation from the ground up working with his father, Igor. He began working i…
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BGen. Joseph J. Foss
1915 — 2003
Medal of Honor
Brigadier General Joseph J. Foss was awarded the Medal of Honor while flying with Marine Fighting Squad…
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Arizonan Tuskegee Airmen
1940 — 1949
"Red Tails"
The Tuskegee Airmen set the precedent African-Americans could excel in military aviation. Wh…
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Arizonan Women Airforce Service Pilots - WASP
1942 — 1944
"We live in the wind and sand ... and our eyes are on the stars!"
The WASP was form…