Michael James Adams (May 5, 1930 – November 15, 1967) was an American aviator, engineer and USAF astronaut.
Born in Sacramento, California graduated from Sacramento Junior College. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and earned his pilot wings and commission in 1952 at Webb Air Force Base, Texas. He served as a fighter-bomber pilot during the Korean War, followed by 30 months with the 813th Fighter-Bomber Squadron at England Air Force Base,...
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Michael James Adams (May 5, 1930 – November 15, 1967) was an American aviator, engineer and USAF astronaut.
Born in Sacramento, California graduated from Sacramento Junior College. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1950 and earned his pilot wings and commission in 1952 at Webb Air Force Base, Texas. He served as a fighter-bomber pilot during the Korean War, followed by 30 months with the 813th Fighter-Bomber Squadron at England Air Force Base, Louisiana and six months rotational duty at Chaumont Air Base in France.
In 1958, Adams received an aeronautical engineering degree from Oklahoma University and, after 18 months of astronautics study at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was selected in 1962 for the Experimental Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Here, he won the Honts Trophy as the best scholar and pilot in his class. Adams subsequently attended the Aerospace Research Pilot School (ARPS), graduating with honors in December 1963. He was one of four...
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