List of U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni

The U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) graduated the following notable alumni who made significant contributions to the aerospace field. The school's mission is to produce experimental test pilots, flight test engineers, and flight test navigators to lead and conduct test and evaluation of aerospace weapon systems.[1] The school was established on September 9, 1944, as the Flight Test Training Unit at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB) in Dayton, Ohio.[2] To take advantage of the uncongested skies and superb flying weather, the school was moved on February 4, 1951, to its present location at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert of Southern California.[2] Edwards AFB is the home of the Air Force Flight Test Center and has been an integral part of flight testing for over fifty years.[3]

USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, California

Between 1962 and 1972, the Test Pilot School expanded its role to include astronaut training for military test pilots.[4] Thirty-seven TPS graduates of this era were selected for the U.S. space program, and twenty-six went on to earn astronaut's wings by flying in the X-15, Gemini, Apollo, and Space Shuttle programs.[5] Although the school no longer trains astronauts, many TPS graduates since 1972 have been selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for duties in space. The school encourages applications from civilians, personnel from other U.S. military services, and individuals from foreign countries.[6] An exchange program allows selected students to attend other test pilot schools including the United States Naval Test Pilot School, the United Kingdom's Empire Test Pilots' School, and France's EPNER.[7]

Famous alumni

The following graduates of the USAF Test Pilot School are listed in the roles for which they are most notable.[8] These roles include:

• Astronaut – Alumni who were trained by a human spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.
• Flight test – Alumni notable for their work in flight testing including the "Golden Age" of jet flight testing: 1948 to 1968.[9]
• Military commander – Alumni who achieved notability as the commanding officer of a military unit.
• Author – Alumni who have authored books on flight test.

Key

Service
	RCAF	Royal Canadian Air Force
	USAF	United States Air Force
	USAFR	United States Air Force Reserve
	USN	United States Navy
	USNR	United States Navy Reserve
	USMC	United States Marine Corps
	Civilians	From specified U.S. contractors and government agencies
Rank	Military rank	For individuals who have served in the armed forces. The rank shown is current at the time this list was created and is subject to change.
	"n/a"	For civilians who have not served in the armed forces and therefore do not have military rank.
Class	Year/Letter	The year and order in which a class started. For example, 07A was the first of two classes to start in 2007.[10]
	Roman Numeral	Four Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS) classes designated I, II, III, and IV, that prepared students for manned spaceflight operations. These classes were dropped when the USAF lost its manned spaceflight mission.[11]
	MOL	Classes to train military astronauts of the Manned Orbital Laboratory (MOL) program. MOL was cancelled in 1969 before any of the astronauts went into space.[12]
	AFIT	The USAF TPS selects up to eight students per year to attend the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. These individuals attend 15 months of class work and thesis preparation prior to completing the USAF TPS curriculum.[7]
	"n/a"	For faculty who taught at USAF TPS but were never students of the school.

Astronauts

Col. Frank Borman, USAF, first lunar orbit as Apollo 8 commander

Col. Eileen Collins, USAF, first female shuttle pilot, first female shuttle commander

MGen. Michael Collins, USAF, Apollo 11 command module pilot

Capt. Robert Crippen, USN, STS-1 pilot, STS commander

Col. Jack D. Fischer, USAF, flight engineer, Soyuz MS-04 (Expedition 51/52)

Maj. William "Pete" Knight by modified X-15A-2 after record-setting flight

Maj. Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., USAF, first African-American astronaut

MGen. Robert Rushworth, USAF, X-15 test pilot

Col. David Scott, USAF, Apollo 15 commander, seventh man on the Moon

VADM. Richard H. Truly, USN, NASA administrator, STS commander and pilot

Lt. Col. Ed White, USAF, first U.S. spacewalk

MGen. Bob White, USAF, first to exceed Mach 4, 5 and 6

  *   Individual was killed in a work-related (aviation) accident.

Name	Service	Rank	Class	Notable events	Ref
Michael J. Adams*	USAF	Major	62C, IV, MOL	X-15 Flight 191, 1965 USAF MOL Group	[13]
Thomas Akers	USAF	Colonel	82B	STS-41, STS-49, STS-61, STS-79	[14]
Dominic A. Antonelli	USN	Commander	97B	STS-119, STS-132	[15]
Lee Archambault	USAF	Colonel	94B	STS-117, STS-119	[16]
Charles Bassett*	USAF	Captain	62A, III	1963 NASA Group 3	[17]
Robert Behnken	USAF	Colonel	98B	STS-123, STS-130, SpX-DM2	[18]
John E. Blaha	USAF	Colonel	71A	STS-29, STS-33, STS-43, STS-58, STS-79, Mir-22, STS-81	[19]
Michael J. Bloomfield	USAF	Colonel	92A	STS-86, STS-97, STS-110	[20]
Karol J. Bobko	USAF	Colonel	65B, MOL	STS-6, STS-51-D, STS-51-J	[21]
Eric A. Boe	USAF	Colonel	97A	STS-126, STS-133	[22]
Frank Borman	USAF	Colonel	60C, I	Gemini 7, Apollo 8	[23]
Ken Bowersox	USN	Captain	85A	STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113, Expedition 6, Soyuz TMA-1	[24]
Roy D. Bridges Jr.	USAF	Major General	70B	STS-51-F	[25]
Curtis Brown	USAF	Colonel	85B	STS-47, STS-66, STS-77, STS-85, STS-95, STS-103	[26]
Duane G. Carey	USAF	Lt Colonel	92A	STS-109	[27]
John Casper	USAF	Colonel	74A	STS-36, STS-54, STS-62, STS-77	[28]
Kevin P. Chilton	USAF	General	84A	STS-49, STS-59, STS-76	[29]
Eileen Collins	USAF	Colonel	89B	STS-63 (first female shuttle pilot), STS-84, STS-93 (first female shuttle commander), STS-114 (Return to Flight after Columbia Disaster)	[30]
Michael Collins	USAFR	Major General	60C, III	Gemini 10, Apollo 11	[31]
Gordon Cooper	USAF	Colonel	56D	Mercury 9, Gemini 5	[32]
Richard O. Covey	USAF	Colonel	74B	STS-51-I, STS-26 (Return to Flight after Challenger Disaster), STS-38, STS-61	[33]
Albert H. Crews	USAF	Colonel	60A, II, MOL	1962 Dyna-Soar Group, 1965 USAF MOL Group	[34]
Robert Crippen	USN	Captain	65A, MOL	STS-1, STS-7, STS-41-C, STS-41-G	[35]
Brian Duffy	USAF	Colonel	82B	STS-57, STS-72, STS-92	[36]
Charles Duke	USAF	Brig. General	64C	Apollo 16	[37]
James Dutton	USAF	Colonel	00A	STS-131	[38]
Donn F. Eisele	USAF	Colonel	62A	Apollo 7	[39]
Joe Engle	USAF	Colonel	61C, III	X-15 Flight 138, X-15 Flight 143, X-15 Flight 153, ALT, STS-2, STS-51-I	[40]
Michael Fincke	USAF	Colonel	93B	Soyuz TMA-4 (Expedition 9), Soyuz TMA-13 (Expedition 18), STS-134	[41]
John L. Finley	USN	Captain	64A, MOL	1965 USAF MOL Group	[42]
Jack D. Fischer	USAF	Colonel	03B	Soyuz MS-04 (Expedition 51/52)	[43]
Kevin A. Ford	USAF	Colonel	90A	STS-128, Soyuz TMA-06M (Expedition 33/34)	[44]
Michael E. Fossum	USAF	Colonel	85A	STS-121, STS-124, Soyuz TMA-02M (Expedition 28/29)	[45]
Theodore Freeman*	USAF	Captain	62A, IV	1963 NASA Group	[46]
C. Gordon Fullerton	USAF	Colonel	64B, MOL	ALT, STS-3, STS-51-F	[47]
Guy Gardner	USAF	Colonel	75A	STS-27, STS-35, TPS Commandant	[48]
Edward Givens	USAF	Major	58B, III	1966 NASA Group	[49]
Victor J. Glover	USN	Commander	06B	SpaceX Crew-1 (Expedition 64/65)	[50]
Ronald J. Grabe	USAF	Colonel	74A	STS-51-J, STS-30, STS-42, STS-57	[51]
William G. Gregory	USAF	Lt Colonel	87A	STS-67	[52]
Gus Grissom*	USAF	Lt Colonel	56D	Mercury-Redstone 4, Gemini 3, Apollo 1	[53]
Sidney M. Gutierrez	USAF	Colonel	81A	STS-40, STS-59	[54]
Nick Hague	USAF	Colonel	03A	Soyuz MS-10, Soyuz MS-12 (Expedition 59/60)	[55]
Fred Haise	NASA	n/a	64A	Apollo 13, ALT	[56]
James D. Halsell	USAF	Colonel	86A	STS-65, STS-74, STS-83, STS-94, STS-101	[57]
Henry Hartsfield	USAF	Colonel	64C, MOL	STS-4, STS-41-D, STS-61-A	[58]
Susan J. Helms	USAF	Lt. General	88A	STS-54, STS-64, STS-78, STS-101, Expedition 2 (STS-102 / STS-105)	[59]
Terence T. Henricks	USAF	Colonel	83A	STS-44, STS-55, STS-70, STS-78	[60]
Robert T. Hines	USAF	Lt Colonel	07B	NASA Astronaut Group 22	[61]
Michael S. Hopkins	USAF	Colonel	96B	Soyuz TMA-10M (Expedition 37/38), USCV-1	[62]
Scott J. Horowitz	USAF	Colonel	90A	STS-75, STS-82, STS-101, STS-105	[63]
Richard D. Husband*	USAF	Colonel	88A	STS-96, STS-107 Columbia loss	[64]
James Irwin	USAF	Colonel	60C, IV	Apollo 15	[65]
Gregory C. Johnson	USNR	Captain	84A	STS-125	[66]
Gregory H. Johnson	USAF	Colonel	94A	STS-123 STS-134	[67]
James M. Kelly	USAF	Colonel	93B	STS-102, STS-114	[68]
Pete Knight	USAF	Colonel	58C, 63A	X-15 Flight 190, California State Senator	[69][70]
Joshua Kutryk	RCAF	LCol	11B	2017 CSA Group	[71][72]
Robert Lawrence*	USAF	Major	66B, MOL	First African-American astronaut, 1967 USAF MOL Group	[73]
Richard E. Lawyer	USAF	Colonel	63A, MOL	1965 USAF MOL Group	[74]
Steven W. Lindsey	USAF	Colonel	89A, AFIT	STS-87, STS-95, STS-104, STS-121 STS-133	[75]
Paul Lockhart	USAF	Colonel	91A	STS-111, STS-113	[76]
Christopher Loria	USMC	Colonel	93A	1996 NASA Group	[77]
Lachlan Macleay	USAF	Colonel	60A, IV, MOL	1965 USAF MOL Group	[78]
Ken Mattingly	USN	Rear Admiral	65B	Apollo 16, STS-4, STS-51-C	[79]
Jon McBride	USN	Captain	75A	STS-41-G	[80]
James McDivitt	USAF	Brig. General	59C, I	Gemini 4, Apollo 9	[81]
Donald R. McMonagle	USAF	Colonel	81A	STS-39, STS-54, STS-66	[82]
Carl J. Meade	USAF	Colonel	80B	STS-38, STS-50, STS-64	[83]
Pamela Melroy	USAF	Colonel	91B	STS-92, STS-112, STS-120	[84]
Edgar Mitchell	USN	Captain	65B	Apollo 14	[85]
Richard Mullane	USAF	Colonel	75B	STS-41-D, STS-27, STS-36	[86]
Steven R. Nagel	USAF	Colonel	75A	STS-51-G, STS-61-A, STS-37, STS-55	[87]
Francis G. Neubeck	USAF	Colonel	60C, III, MOL	1965 USAF MOL Group	[88]
Ellison Onizuka*	USAF	Colonel	74B	STS-51-C, STS-51-L Challenger loss	[89]
Robert F. Overmyer	USMC	Colonel	65C, MOL	STS-5, STS-51-B	[90]
Donald H. Peterson	USAF	Colonel	66B, MOL	STS-6	[91]
Mark L. Polansky	USAF	Captain	86B	STS-98, STS-116, STS-127	[92]
Charles J. Precourt	USAF	Colonel	85A	STS-55, STS-71, STS-84, STS-91	[93]
Russell L. Rogers*	USAF	Lt Colonel	58C	1960 Dyna-Soar Group	[94]
Stuart Roosa	USAF	Colonel	64C	Apollo 14	[95]
Jerry L. Ross	USAF	Colonel	75B	STS-61-B, STS-27, STS-37, STS-55, STS-74, STS-88, STS-110	[96]
Robert A. Rushworth	USAF	Major General	56C	X-15 Flight 87	[97]
Dick Scobee*	USAF	Lt Colonel	71B	STS-41-C, STS-51-L Challenger loss	[98]
David Scott	USAF	Colonel	62C, IV	Gemini 8, Apollo 9, Apollo 15	[99]
Brewster H. Shaw	USAF	Colonel	75B	STS-9, STS-61-B, STS-28	[100]
Loren Shriver	USAF	Colonel	75A	STS-51-C, STS-31, STS-46	[101]
Deke Slayton	USAF	Major	55C	Apollo-Soyuz Test Project	[102]
Thomas P. Stafford	USAF	Lt General	58C	Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, ASTP	[103]
Frederick W. Sturckow	USMC	Colonel	92A	STS-88, STS-105, STS-117, STS-128, VSS Unity VP-03	[104]
James M. Taylor*	USAF	Lt Colonel	63A, MOL	1965 USAF MOL Group	[105]
Richard H. Truly	USN	Vice Admiral	64A, MOL	ALT, STS-2, STS-8, NASA Administrator	[106][107]
Terry W. Virts	USAF	Colonel	98B	STS-130, Soyuz TMA-15M (Expedition 42/43)	[108]
Rex J. Walheim	USAF	Colonel	92A	STS-110, STS-122, STS-135	[109]
David M. Walker	USN	Captain	71A	STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53, STS-69	[110]
Carl E. Walz	USAF	Colonel	83A	STS-51, STS-65, STS-79, STS-108, Expedition 4, STS-111	[111]
Ed White*	USAF	Lt Colonel	59C	Gemini 4, Apollo 1	[112]
Robert M. White	USAF	Major General	54C	X-15 Flight 62	[113]
James W. Wood	USAF	Colonel	56D	1960 Dyna-Soar Group 1	[94]
Alfred Worden	USAF	Colonel	64C	Apollo 15	[114]
George D. Zamka	USMC	Colonel	94A	STS-120, STS-130	[115]

Flight test

BGen. Robert Cardenas, USAF, YB-49 chief USAF test pilot

Lt. Bob Hoover, USAF, test and demonstration pilot

Tony LeVier, Lockheed, chief test pilot

Joseph John "Tym" Tymczyszyn, Test Pilot of America's first commercial jet aircraft

  *   Individual was killed in a work-related (aviation) accident.

Name	Service	Rank	Class	Notable events	Ref
Milburn G. Apt*	USAF	Captain	54B	First to exceed Mach 3. Speed record of Mach 3.2 in X-2	[116][117]
Fred J. Ascani	USAF	Major General	46B	Father of Systems Engineering at Wright Field. F-86 speed record	[118]
Richard Bong*	USAF	Major	45	United States' highest-scoring air ace. Medal of Honor recipient	[119]
James "JB" Brown	USAF	Major	86A	F-22 Raptor lead test pilot and F-117 Nighthawk chief test pilot	[120]
Robert Cardenas	USAF	Brig. General	46J	B-29 commander on mission to break sound barrier. Chief USAF test pilot for YB-49 flying wing	[121]
Ken Chilstrom	USAF	Colonel	45	Tested over twenty German and Japanese aircraft during World War II. First military pilot to fly XP-86. First jet air race. First transport of air mail by jet	[122] [123] [124] [125]
Glen Edwards*	USAF	Captain	45	Namesake of Edwards Air Force Base	[126]
Frank K. Everest	USAF	Brig. General	46D	Speed record of Mach 2.9 in the X-2. Subject and co-author of The Fastest Man Alive	[127]
Fitzhugh L. Fulton	USAF	Brig. General	52B	Altitude record of 85,360 ft (26.02 km) in the B-58. XB-70, YF-12, 747 Space Shuttle Carrier Aircraft testiing	[128]
Darryl Greenamyer	Lockheed	n/a	63A	Piston engine speed record of 776 km/h (482 mph) in an F8F-2. Low altitude speed record of 1,590 km/h (990 mph) in an F-104	[129][130]
Bob Hoover	USAF	Lieutenant	46C	Flew chase during the Mach one flight. Named "the greatest stick-and-rudder man who ever lived" by Jimmy Doolittle. Noted air show pilot in Shrike Commander and P-51	[131]
Jay Jabour	USAF	Brigadier General	79B	ATF and first F-22 Test Force Commander	[132]
Tony LeVier	Lockheed	n/a	45	Lockheed chief test pilot. P-38, P-80, XF-90, XF-104, U-2 testing	[133]
Arthur W. Murray	USAF	Major	45G	X-1A, X-1B, X-4, X-5 testing	[134]
Art Nalls	USMC	Lt Colonel	85A	Harrier testing; owner and air show pilot of privately owned Harrier	[135]
Bruce Peterson	NASA	n/a	63A	M2-F1, M2-F2, HL-10 lifting body flights	[136]
Steve Pisanos	USAF	Colonel	45D	F-80 Shooting Star, F-102 Delta Dagger, F-4E testing	[137]
Jack Ridley*	USAF	Colonel	46A	Project engineer for the team that broke the sound barrier	[138]
Lou Schalk	USAF	Captain	54A	First flight of the A-12; flight test of A-12, YF-12 and SR-71 Blackbird; Chief test pilot of Lockheed Skunk Works	[139] [140] [141]
Robert L. Stephens	USAF	Colonel	49D	Speed and altitude records testing the YF-12 and SR-71	[142]
Robert E. Thacker	USAF	Colonel	46	P-80 Shooting Star, P-82 distance/speed record, Lockheed solar-powered aircraft	[143]
Guy M. Townsend	USAF	Brig. General	46F	Co-pilot on the first flight of the B-52 Stratofortress. First military pilot to fly the B-47 Stratojet, B-50 Superfortress, B-52 Stratofortress, and the prototype of the KC-135 Stratotanker	[144]
Joseph John "Tym" Tymczyszyn	FAA	n/a	49C	Test Pilot on America's First Commercial Jet Aircraft, the Boeing 707	[145]
Prospero "Paco" Uybarreta	USAF	Major	08B	Kincheloe Award recipient, Bombardier CSeries, CRJSeries	[146]
Daniel R. Wiley	USAF	Lt Colonel	n/a	F-94 First Fly-by-wire Test Pilot at Wright Field	[147] [148][149]
Chuck Yeager	USAF	Brig. General	46C	Fighter ace; first to travel faster than sound during level flight; first to reach Mach 2.5; Commandant of Aerospace Research Pilot School	[150]

Military commanders

Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAF, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Name	Service	Rank	Class	Notable events	Ref
James A. Abrahamson	USAF	Lt. General	66B, MOL	Strategic Defense Initiative director	[151]
Spence M. Armstrong	USAF	Lt. General	64C	Vice commander Air Force Systems Command, senior advisor to the NASA administrator	[152][153]
Eugene P. Deatrick	USAF	Colonel	51A, 53C	TPS Commandant. Rescue of Navy Lt. Dieter Dengler	[154][155]
Gabby Gabreski	USAF	Colonel	45G	Top American fighter ace in Europe during World War II	[156][157]
Robert T. Herres	USAF	General	66B, MOL	Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	[158]
Donald J. Kutyna	USAF	General	65C	North American Aerospace Defense Command	[159]
John M. Loh	USAF	General	67B	Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force	[160]
Ronald W. Yates	USAF	General	66B	Air Force Materiel Command	[161]

Authors

Col. Donald S. Lopez Sr., USAF, aviation author

Name	Service	Rank	Class	Notable events	Ref
Donald S. Lopez	USAF	Colonel	47F	Author of two aviation books. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum deputy director	[162][163][164]
George J. Marrett	USAF	Captain	64A	Author of four aviation books, three on flight testing including "Contrails Over the Mojave."	[165][166][167][168]

Notes

1. USAF TPS Graduate Course Catalog. p. 9.
2. "U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School History". United States Air Force. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2017-04-17.
3. "Edwards Air Force Base". United States Air Force. Retrieved 2008-08-05.
4. USAF Test Pilot School 50 Years and Beyond. p. 233.
5. Young, J. Forging Aerospace Power for America. pp. 3–4.
6. USAF TPS Graduate Course Catalog. p. 19.
7. USAF TPS Graduate Course Catalog. p. 18.
8. For the purposes of this list, notability is per the definition at WP:BIO and WP:MILMOS#NOTE.
9. Marrett, G (2008). Contrails Over the Mojave. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-59114-511-0.
10. USAF TPS Graduate Course Catalog. p. 8.
11. USAF Test Pilot School 50 Years and Beyond. p. 50.
12. "Astrospies". NOVA. PBS. December 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
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