Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame (AAHOF) is located in the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona which recognises Arizona's "Excellence in Aviation". The Aviation Hall of Fame exhibit is located in the honored Dorothy Finley Space Gallery on the Museum grounds. AAHOF provides to its visitors a presentation that share an opportunity to educate one with noteworthy Arizona aviators.
History
AAHOF was established by a joint proclamation by the Governor of Arizona in 1985 that creates a process to induct its states notable and famous aviators into the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame; thus paying a tribute to Arizona's long and proud aviation history.
Arizona AHOF recognizes its aviation industry leaders, pioneers in hot air ballooning of the 19th century, high-tech aerospace engineers and entrepreneurs, where these people of today who are a vital role in advanced aircraft and missile technology.
Hall of Fame Inductees
- 2013
- Barbara McConnell Barrett
- Edward Raymond Beauvais
- Charles Eugene Mann
- 2012
- Lt. Col. Mark Berent, USAF (Ret)
- Ralph A. O'Neill
- Arthur Van Haren, Jr.
- 2011
- Edwin Jones Montgomery, Sr.
- Peter Hollingsworth Smith
- William Dillard "Billy" Walker
- 2010
- Barbara Lee Harper
- Maj. Gen. Donald L. Owens, AANG (Ret)
- Clifford M. Sterrenberg
- 2009
- Kenneth H. Dahlberg
- Major General Carl G. Schneider (Ret)
- Ruby Wine Sheldon
- 2008
- Graham A. 'Lum' Edwards
- Laurence E. Gesell
- Arvin C. Schultz
- Hewitt T. Wheless
- 2007
- Col. Fred Cone, USMC (Ret)
- Col. Roger Parrish, USAF (Ret)
- Elgin Newell
- Cheryl A. Stearns
- 2006
- Harold "Bud" Abrams
- Donald C. Downie
- Ralph S. Johnson
- James Vercellino
- 2005
- Joseph La Placa
- Roy O. McCaldin
- Hugh Stewart
- James Turnbow
- 2004
- Roy M. Coulliette
- Irene Leverton
- John Richard Gasho Sr.
- Douglas T. Nelson, USAF Major General, Ret
- 2003
- Ralph D. "Hoot" Gibson, USAF Col., Ret.
- Robert W. Waltz, USAF BGen., Ret. (1920–1995)
- Darrell Artwade Sawyer
- William S. Underwood, USAF Col., Ret.
- 2002
- Brig. Gen. Joseph (Joe) Foss, USMC (Ret.)
- Raymond L. (Ray) Haupt
- Martha Ann Wilkins Mitchell & Michael (Mike) Mitchell
- Gladys Mae Morrison
- 2001
- Major Frederick E. Ferguson, US Army (Ret)
- Gordon B. Hamilton
- Robert McCall
- Raymond Victor Schwanbeck
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- 2000
- LTC David Althoff, USMC (Ret)
- Janet Harman Bragg
- John H. "Jack" Connelly & Leland Hayward
- Jack Womack
- 1999
- Roy Spangler Davis
- Ronald R. Fogleman
- Ruth Dailey Helm & Dawn R. B. Seymour
- Joan Fay Shankle & Clarence E. Shankle
- 1998
- 1997
- Frank K. "Pete" Everest
- Sen. John S. McCain
- A. Lee Moore
- Patty Wagstaff
- 1996
- James R. Greenwood
- Anthony V. "Snag" Grossetta
- Samuel Harry Robertson
- William R. Sears
- 1995
- Gerald Brown
- William P. Cutter & William R. Cutter
- Joseph A. Moller
- R. Dixon Speas
- 1994
- Harry B. Combs
- John Clifford "Cliff" Garrett
- Lowell H. Smith
- Louise Timken
- 1993
- Col. Leon W. Gray
- Col. Vernon V. Haywood
- Alfred A. Hudgin
- Charles O. Miller
- 1992
- A. Howard Hasbrook
- Joseph C. Lincoln
- Charles W.
- George Varga, Jr.
- 1991
- Ruth R. Reinhold
- George I. Steinke
- Ralph G. Vaughan
- Robert Woodhouse & Woodrow P. Jongeward
- 1990
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See also
- North American aviation halls of fame
