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Distinguished Alumni

AFROTC was established at the University of Texas in 1947, in conjunction with the creation of the United States Air Force, to prepare civilian college students to become Air Force officers. 

Our distinguished alumni include:

  • retired Lt Gen Kenneth Eickmann;
  • retired Maj Gen Ken Wisian, former commander of the Texas Air National Guard;
  • Brig Gen Jeannie Leavitt, the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot
  • Operation ENDURING FREEDOM/IRAQI FREEDOM veterans like Maj Christopher Cooper
  • Purple Heart recipient Captain John Simpson
  • former NCAA track and field stars Capt Quincy Boles and Capt Kelly Heinbaugh;
  • member of the 2005 National Champion football team, Lt Col Brad Poronsky.