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Aiming higher: Airmen contribute to human spaceflight from Apollo to tomorrow

From Air Force Col. Nick Hague, who is currently aboard the International Space Station, all the way back to Buzz Aldrin, who was a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot in the Korean War, Airmen are among the more than 60% of astronauts who came from the uniformed service.
Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, walks near the lunar module during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity.

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1910228/aiming-higher-airmen-contribute-to-human-spaceflight-from-apollo-to-tomorrow/ Air Force Space Command Public Affairs

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