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  • Academy names learning center after ’64 grad, astronaut

    A research hub for Air Force Academy cadets was named after Air Force pilot and astronaut Frederick Gregory, Sept. 16. Formerly the consolidated education and training facility, the Class of 1964 namesake houses the school’s astronautical, biology, chemistry and civil engineering departments.

  • Eye care for 10th Medical Group patients expands with a ‘smile’

    Service members and cadets at the Air Force Academy may be eligible to receive a new eye procedure designed to improve their sight.The small incisional lenticular extraction, or SMILE, procedure is less invasive than LASIK, a common laser eye surgery, according to Lt. Col. Marcus Neuffer, the

  • ROKAF Air Chief gains insight into the Academy’s mission

    Republic of Korea Air Force Gen. Inho Park, ROKAF Chief of Staff, visited the Academy and Korean cadets here, Aug. 27.Park toured the Multi-Domain Laboratory, which will serve as an avenue to bolster cadets’ combat education and problem solving abilities.Later, he toured the astronautics and

  • Academy celebrates Acceptance Day, convocation for class of ‘25

    Scores of freshmen cadets were welcomed into the class of ’25 during the school’s annual Acceptance Day event, August 6.Brigadier Gen. Linell Letendre, the Academy’s dean, hosted a convocation after the Acceptance Day Parade to welcome the class of ’25 to their first academic semester at the

  • Academy cadets soar through summer

    The 306th Flying Training Group operates one of the Defense Department’s top 10 busiest runways where more than 120 aircraft gain altitude above the Air Force Academy each day.Single-engine aircraft, planes ferrying cadet parachutists, tow-planes and gliders piloted by cadets in Air Education and

  • Update: AF Academy reopens to public Aug 2

    The Air Force Academy will open to the public August 2, nearly 17 months after closing to all but official business to safeguard its community during the coronavirus pandemic.