U.S. Air Force

He brought McDonald’s to the former Soviet Union in 1990.

Borman was the oldest living former NASA astronaut.

He also led the Carolina Financial Corporation when it became a public company.

He was the first U.S. Air Force Academy graduate to go into space.

He survived being shot down and spent 20 years in the U.S. Air Force.

He was held as a prisoner of war in Austria.

He set a record for the longest freefall skydive.

He won a National Book Award in 1998 for his collection “This Time.”

He reported seeing a UFO while piloting Gemini 4.

He was a prisoner of war for nine months before his liberation.