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Borman as a West Point cadet (Public Domain) Borman received an appointment to the United States Military Academy and reported to West Point on July 1, 1946. Although he didn't make the football team, he did serve as an assistant manager. On June 2, 1950, Borman commissioned into the newly formed Air Force.

Borman and Lovell also performed the first space rendezvous, coming within a few feet of Gemini 6. Borman graduated from the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 1950, was commissioned in the U.S. Air Force, and served with the 44th Fighter Bomber Squadron in the Philippines between 1951 and 1956. He subsequently taught at the Air ...

Frank Frederick Borman II (March 14, 1928 - November 7, 2023) was an American United States Air Force (USAF) colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman.He was the commander of Apollo 8, the first mission to fly around the Moon, and together with crewmates Jim Lovell and William Anders, became the first of 24 humans to do so, for which he was awarded the ...