Awarded by the U.S. Military to personnel who display heroism or perform an extraordinary achievement while onboard a plane flight. Created in 1926.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1921 |
23-May-2006 |
US Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| Matthew A. Berdon |
Business |
31-Jul-1919 |
27-Mar-2010 |
Senior Partner, F. B. & Co. |
| Leonard Boswell |
Politician |
10-Jan-1934 |
|
Congressman, Iowa 3rd |
| Charles G. Boyd |
Military |
15-Apr-1938 |
|
Retired General, US Air Force |
| Edward Thomas Brady |
Judge |
1-Nov-1943 |
|
Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Richard E. Byrd |
Explorer |
25-Oct-1888 |
11-Mar-1957 |
Arctic and Antarctic explorer |
| Howard W. Cannon |
Politician |
26-Jan-1912 |
5-Mar-2002 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83 |
| John T. Chain |
Military |
11-Dec-1934 |
|
C-in-C, Strategic Air Command, 1986-91 |
| Jackie Cochran |
Aviator |
11-May-1906 |
9-Aug-1980 |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
| Gordon Cooper |
Astronaut |
6-Mar-1927 |
4-Oct-2004 |
Mercury 7 and Gemini 5 astronaut |
| Bud Day |
Activist |
24-Feb-1925 |
|
Former POW |
| James Doolittle |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
| Michael J. Dugan |
Military |
22-Feb-1937 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1990 |
| Ralph E. Eberhart |
Military |
c. 1946 |
|
Commander of NORAD, 2002-05 |
| John Ehrlichman |
Government |
20-Mar-1925 |
14-Feb-1999 |
Watergate criminal, served time |
| Frederick M. Franks, Jr. |
Military |
c. 1935 |
|
Retired US Army General |
| Charles A. Gabriel |
Military |
21-Jan-1928 |
4-Sep-2003 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1982-86 |
| Jim Gibbons |
Politician |
16-Dec-1944 |
|
Governor of Nevada, 2007-11 |
| Benjamin A. Gilman |
Politician |
6-Dec-1922 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1973-2003 |
| John Glenn |
Astronaut |
18-Jul-1921 |
|
First American to orbit earth |
| Nathan Green Gordon |
Politician |
4-Sep-1916 |
8-Sep-2008 |
Lt. Governor of Arkansas, 1947-67 |
| Gus Grissom |
Astronaut |
3-Apr-1926 |
27-Jan-1967 |
Second American in space |
| Bo Gritz |
Military |
18-Jan-1939 |
|
Former Green Beret |
| Alexander Haig |
Government |
2-Dec-1924 |
20-Feb-2010 |
US Secretary of State, 1981-82 |
| John Paul Hammerschmidt |
Politician |
4-May-1922 |
|
Congressman from Arkansas, 1967-93 |
| Thomas B. Hayward |
Military |
3-May-1924 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations, 1978-82 |
| Don Herbert |
TV Personality |
10-Jul-1917 |
12-Jun-2007 |
Mr. Wizard |
| James L. Holloway III |
Military |
23-Feb-1922 |
|
Chief of Naval Operations, 1974-78 |
| John R. Hubbard |
Educator |
3-Dec-1918 |
21-Aug-2011 |
President of USC, 1970-80 |
| Phil Johnson |
Judge |
c. 1943 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| Sam Johnson |
Politician |
11-Oct-1930 |
|
Congressman, Texas 3rd |
| Robert Jordan |
Author |
17-Oct-1948 |
16-Sep-2007 |
Wheel of Time series |
| John P. Jumper |
Military |
4-Feb-1945 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 2001-05 |
| Joseph Kernan |
Politician |
8-Apr-1946 |
|
Governor of Indiana, 2003-05 |
| Curtis LeMay |
Military |
15-Nov-1906 |
1-Oct-1990 |
USAF General |
| Charles Lindbergh |
Aviator |
4-Feb-1902 |
26-Aug-1974 |
Transatlantic soloist |
| Ben F. Love |
Business |
1924 |
13-Jan-2006 |
CEO of Texas Commerce Bank |
| John A. Love |
Politician |
29-Nov-1916 |
21-Jan-2002 |
Governor of Colorado, 1963-73 |
| Jim Lovell |
Astronaut |
25-Mar-1928 |
|
Apollo 13 |
| William Lyon |
Military |
9-Mar-1923 |
|
Chief of USAF Reserve, 1975-79 |
| Douglas MacArthur |
Military |
26-Jan-1880 |
5-Apr-1964 |
General of the Army |
| Delbert Mann |
Film Director |
30-Jan-1920 |
11-Nov-2007 |
That Touch of Mink |
| John McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
| Joseph McCarthy |
Politician |
14-Nov-1908 |
2-May-1957 |
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57 |
| John P. McConnell |
Military |
7-Feb-1908 |
21-Nov-1986 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69 |
| James A. McDivitt |
Astronaut |
10-Jun-1929 |
|
Commander, Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 |
| Wesley L. McDonald |
Military |
6-Jul-1924 |
8-Feb-2008 |
Led 1983 invasion of Grenada |
| James D. McGee |
Diplomat |
1949 |
|
US Ambassador to Zimbabwe |
| George McGovern |
Politician |
19-Jul-1922 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota, 1963-81 |
| Thomas McInerney |
Military |
1937 |
|
Fox News military analyst |
| Merrill A. McPeak |
Military |
9-Jan-1936 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1990-94 |
| Thomas H. Moorer |
Military |
9-Feb-1912 |
5-Feb-2004 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74 |
| Wayne Morris |
Actor |
17-Feb-1914 |
14-Sep-1959 |
Paths of Glory |
| Richard Myers |
Military |
1-Mar-1942 |
|
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 2001-05 |
| Lloyd W. Newton |
Military |
26-Jun-1942 |
|
USAF General |
| Donald G. Nutter |
Politician |
28-Nov-1915 |
25-Jan-1962 |
Governor of Montana, 1961-62 |
| Fred Olivi |
Military |
16-Jan-1922 |
8-Apr-2004 |
Co-pilot of Nagasaki bombing |
| Stanford E. Parris |
Politician |
9-Sep-1929 |
27-Mar-2010 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1981-91 |
| Steve Pearce |
Politician |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
Congressman, New Mexico 2nd |
| Wiley Post |
Aviator |
22-Nov-1898 |
15-Aug-1935 |
First pilot to fly solo round the world |
| Francis Gary Powers |
Military |
17-Aug-1929 |
1-Aug-1977 |
U2 shot down over the Soviet Union |
| Joseph W. Ralston |
Military |
4-Nov-1943 |
|
Supreme Allied Commander, 2000-03 |
| Dennis J. Reimer |
Military |
12-Jul-1939 |
|
US Army Chief of Staff, 1995-99 |
| John D. Ryan |
Military |
10-Dec-1915 |
27-Oct-1983 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1969-73 |
| Michael E. Ryan |
Military |
24-Dec-1941 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1997-2001 |
| Sabu |
Actor |
27-Jan-1924 |
2-Dec-1963 |
Jungle Book |
| Carl A. Spaatz |
Military |
28-Jun-1891 |
14-Jul-1974 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1947-48 |
| Thomas P. Stafford |
Astronaut |
17-Sep-1930 |
|
Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz |
| Ted Stevens |
Politician |
18-Nov-1923 |
10-Aug-2010 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
| Jimmy Stewart |
Actor |
20-May-1908 |
2-Jul-1997 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| James Stockdale |
Military |
23-Dec-1923 |
5-Jul-2005 |
H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
| Bruce Sundlun |
Politician |
19-Jan-1920 |
21-Jul-2011 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1991-95 |
| Dolph Sweet |
Actor |
18-Jul-1920 |
8-May-1985 |
Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! |
| Hugh Thompson |
Military |
15-Apr-1943 |
6-Jan-2006 |
Stopped the My Lai massacre |
| Paul Tibbets |
Military |
23-Feb-1915 |
1-Nov-2007 |
Pilot of the Enola Gay |
| Richard H. Truly |
Astronaut |
12-Nov-1937 |
|
NASA Administrator, 1989-92 |
| William Tunner |
Military |
14-Jul-1906 |
6-Apr-1983 |
Organized the Berlin Airlift |
| Nathan F. Twining |
Military |
11-Oct-1897 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60 |
| Jack Valenti |
Business |
5-Sep-1921 |
26-Apr-2007 |
Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA |
| Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
| John D. Vanderhoof |
Politician |
27-May-1922 |
|
Governor of Colorado, 1973-75 |
| Larry D. Welch |
Military |
9-Jun-1934 |
|
USAF Chief of Staff, 1986-90 |
| Cal Worthington |
Business |
27-Nov-1920 |
|
Will eat a bug to make a deal |
| Jim Wright |
Politician |
22-Dec-1922 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1955-89 |
| Zap Zlatoper |
Military |
c. 1941 |
|
US Navy Admiral (ret.) |
