Famous Graduates

Air Force ROTC is the best place to launch your career after college. You'll gain valuable experience that will serve you well – whether you stay in the military or not. Take a look at our featured graduates. Air Force ROTC was the stepping-stone that provided them a solid leadership foundation for life.

FEATURED STORY

Name: Eileen Marie Collins (Colonel, USAF)
Achievement: NASA Astronaut
College: Syracuse University

With good grades, flying experience and a letter of recommendation from her Air Force ROTC supervisor, she became one of the first women to go straight from college into Air Force pilot training. "That was by far the biggest break of my life, getting into pilot training." More »

ESTEEMED ALUMNI

Name: Colonel Span Watson (retired)
Achievement: One of the original Tuskegee Airmen
College: Howard University

Name: Frank Gifford
Achievement: ABC Sportscaster; "I played football for the detachment. We beat the Navy."
College: University of Southern California

Name: General "Chappie" James
Achievement: First African American to hold the highest Air Force rank
College: Tuskegee University

Name: Lt. Col. Fitzhugh L. Fulton
Achievement: Pioneer test pilot and NASA test pilot
College: Auburn Air Corps

Name: Rick Boutwell
Achievement: USAF Thunderbirds, Left Wing
College: Troy State University

Name: Roger Wicker
Achievement: First Congressional District Representative
College: University of Mississippi

Name: Two-star Major General Joseph McNeil (retired)
Achievement: Part of the Greensboro 4 "sit-in." "What we did had been done many times before. The truth is, this was the event that 'caught on' and jump-started the civil rights movement."
College: North Carolina State A&T University

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