What is the criteria for interment in the USAFA Cemetery?
As outlined in USAFAI 32-242, the following personnel are eligible for interment at the USAFA Cemetery: • USAF Academy cadets • Air Force military personnel assigned to the USAF Academy or to tenant units at the Academy at the time of their deaths. This does not include non-Academy personnel who are assigned on Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders to the Academy Patient Squadron Section of the USAF Academy Hospital • USAF Academy graduates • All active duty and retired USAF generals and lieutenant generals • Former Superintendents, Vice Superintendents, Commandants of Cadets, Deans of Faculty, Chiefs of Staff, appointed Directors of Admissions, Directors of Athletics, Permanent Professors, Sequential Tour Faculty Officers (formerly Continuous Tour Staff Officers), Tenured Faculty Officers, Preparatory School Commanders, Air Base Wing Commanders, and Academy Command Chief Master Sergeants • Original cadre Air Force personnel assigned to the USAF Academy between 11 Jul 55 and 10 Sep