Famous fighter pilots
military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air, and often air-to-ground, combat
91 people
John McCain
1936
– 2018
· Age 81
Deceased
Buzz Aldrin
1930
· Age 96
Alive
Hermann Göring
1893
– 1946
· Age 53
Deceased
Roald Dahl
1916
– 1990
· Age 74
Deceased
Hafez al-Assad
1930
– 2000
· Age 69
Deceased
Charles Lindbergh
1902
– 1974
· Age 72
Deceased
Alexey Leonov
1934
– 2019
· Age 85
Deceased
Eugene Cernan
1934
– 2017
· Age 82
Deceased
Chuck Yeager
1923
– 2020
· Age 97
Deceased
Yang Liwei
1965
· Age 60
Alive
Sigmund Jähn
1937
– 2019
· Age 82
Deceased
Alexander Pokryshkin
1913
– 1985
· Age 72
Deceased
Charles Duke
1935
· Age 90
Alive
Ivan Kozhedub
1920
– 1991
· Age 71
Deceased
Lydia Litvyak
1921
– 1943
· Age 21
Deceased
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev
1925
– 1970
· Age 44
Deceased
Ernst Udet
1896
– 1941
· Age 45
Deceased
Marcos Pontes
1963
· Age 62
Alive
Walter Cunningham
1932
– 2023
· Age 90
Deceased
Werner Mölders
1913
– 1941
· Age 28
Deceased
Zhai Zhigang
1966
· Age 59
Alive
Merian C. Cooper
1893
– 1973
· Age 79
Deceased
Joseph Kittinger
1928
– 2022
· Age 94
Deceased
Yuri Malenchenko
1961
· Age 64
Alive
Fred Haise
1933
· Age 92
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q618694