Air Force·Institutional politics·In Memoriam
Aviation Cadet Navigator
Served: 1941–1965
Same cadet pipeline as the pilot side, but the navigator branch — survived four years longer because USAF still needed nav bodies the academies and ROTC couldn't fill.
The Story
Class 65-15 had 21 cadets. After Harper, every USAF navigator was a commissioned officer through ROTC, OTS, or the Academy.
Epitaph
“One man, one class, one set of wings, one chapter closed.”
Sources
- James Connally — Nav Class Factswww.james-connally.org
- Air & Space Forces Magazinewww.airandspaceforces.com