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  • Academy recognizes top 2010 graduates

    The Academy honored the Class of 2010's top graduates for their achievements at the Individual Awards Ceremony May 24 in Clune Arena here. Cadet 1st Class Bradford Waldie is this year's overall top graduate, earning a 3.348 physical performance average, a 3.404 military performance average and a

  • Academy superintendent appears on NPR's 'Wait, Wait ...'

    Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould has never been to Eton College in England, but that didn't stop him from correctly answering two of three questions about the 600-year-old institution during the "Not My Job" segment of National Public Radio's "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me," recorded at a

  • Academy superintendent to appear on NPR's 'Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!'

    Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould will make a guest appearance on National Public Radio's "Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" to be taped at the Pikes Peak Center in Colorado Springs May 6 at 7 p.m.The program is scheduled to air in Colorado Springs on NPR affiliate KRCC 91.5 FM May 8

  • Board of Visitors to meet May 13

    The Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors is scheduled to meet in Washington, D.C., May 13 in the U.S. Capitol Building Visitor Center's Main Conference Room. The purpose of this meeting is to review morale and discipline, social climate, curriculum, instruction physical equipment, fiscal affairs,

  • Appointees get a large glimpse of Academy life

    Officially accepting a college offer can be intimidating when one is admitted to several competitive academic institutions. Upon receiving an appointment to the Air Force Academy, some applicants know without a doubt they will accept if given the chance. Other applicants would like some more

  • General order prohibits use of salvia, 'spice'

    Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould issued a general order April 5 prohibiting the use of salvia divinorum and "spice" by Airmen, cadets and cadet candidates assigned to the Academy or any of its tenant units.Failure to obey the general order may result in disciplinary or

  • Academy releases 2009 economic impact analysis

    The Air Force Academy's Financial Management Directorate released its Economic Impact Analysis April 10 for Fiscal Year 2009, outlining more than $780 million in total economic impact that affects Colorado Springs and its surrounding communities.The Academy spends $318 million on payrolls, $310

  • AF force management may affect 60-65 at Academy

    The Air Force's most recent force management initiative may affect an estimated 60 to 65 Airmen at the Air Force Academy, officials said during force management briefings here Monday.Fewer than 10 of the Airmen who are impacted by the newest round of force management measures are enlisted, with

  • Academy receives $5 million for indoor athletics facility

    The Air Force Academy received a $5-million contribution March 15 through the USAFA Endowment from 1965 graduate Bart Holaday and his wife, Lynn, toward the construction of a new indoor athletic training facility.The contribution marks the largest gift from a graduate to the Academy in the

  • Academy to hold funeral service for 6th superintendent

    Funeral services for the Air Force Academy's sixth superintendent, Retired Lt. Gen. A.P. Clark, are scheduled for March 17.The general, a resident of Colorado Springs, Colo., and superintendent from Aug. 1, 1970 to July 31, 1974, died March 8 at the age of 96. Services start with a 10 a.m. funeral