Albert Hanlin "Al" Crews Jr. (born March 23, 1929), (Col, USAF, Ret.

He earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 1959.

On November 12, 1965, he was selected as an astronaut in the first group for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program.

He transferred to NASA Flight Crew Directorate at the Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas, in June 1969 when the MOL program was cancelled.

He remained a pilot for NASA, flying such aircraft as the "Super Guppy" outsize cargo transport, the WB-57F atmospheric research aircraft and the OV-095 SAIL Space Shuttle simulator until he retired at age 65.