The Stafford Air and Space Museum announces the passing of its namesake, Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Stafford (Ret.). Gen.
Stafford passed away March 18, 2024, in Indian Harbor, Florida. General Stafford was 93.
Thomas Patten Stafford was born in Weatherford September 17, 1930, to Thomas and Mary (Patten) Stafford.
He was raised in the western Oklahoma community of Weatherford and never forgot his…