NAME: Thomas P. Stafford (Lieutenant General, USAF, Retired)

NASA Astronaut

He has logged 507 hours and 43 minutes in space flight and wears the Air Force Command Pilot Astronaut Wings. He has flown over 110 different types of aircraft and has over 7,100 flying hours.

General Stafford assumed command of the Air Force Flight Test Center November 4, 1975. He was promoted to the grade of Major General August 9, 1975, with date of rank of June 1, 1973.

Full BIO: http://vesuvius.jsc.nasa.gov/er/seh/stafford.htm

Other pages about General Thomas P. Stafford:

We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race - Amazon Books

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