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  • Senior Master Sgt. Mike Sanders (left) and Maj. Scott Bullis raise their hands as they cross the finish line during the recumbent cycling event of Warrior Games 2012 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 1, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Val Gempis)

    Air Force Academy, Colo. Springs to host 2013 Warrior Games

    The 2013 Warrior Games will be held at the U.S. Olympic Training Center and the Air Force Academy May 11-17, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced Monday.More than 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans are expected to participate in 2013, comprising five U.S. teams representing the Air Force, Army, Navy and Coast Guard, Marine
  • Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould speaks with Bishop Michael Sheridan and Scott Levin during the Academy's 2012 religious respect conference. Sheridan represents the Catholic Archdiocese for the Military Services. Levin is director of the Rocky Mountain Region of the Anti-Defamation League. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

    Religious respect conference attendees discuss Academy's progress

    Representatives from Air Force major commands, religious endorsing organizations, First Amendment watchdog groups and others gathered at the Air Force Academy Oct. 30-31 to review the religious climate here.Chief among the topics discussed was the religious respect training program, which was established after a similar conference in 2010 outlined
  • Cadet 3rd Class Winston Sanks (right) helps set up a rocket demonstration at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Oct. 13, 2012. Sanks is the assistant cadet in charge for the Academy's Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Club, which took part in the Colorado Springs Cool Science Carnival Oct. 13-14. (U.S. Air Force photo/Julie Imada)

    Cadets introduce local kids to Cool Science

    Leave it to cadets to make science cool.Cadets in three science-related clubs headed downtown Saturday and Sunday to get schoolchildren interested in what is all-too-often considered a boring or dry career path.Cadets with the Physics and Astronomy Club and the Chemistry Club performed demonstrations inside classrooms at the University of Colorado
  • Cadet 1st Class Connor Ference of Cadet Squadron 10 takes the baton to start his leg of five runners during the combined 9/11-POW/MIA Remembrance Run as it exits Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Sept. 13, 2012. The run ended at the Academy Terrazzo after 45 teams of five traversed the 45-mile journey past various locations in Colorado Springs. The end of the remembrance run signified the start of a 39-hour vigil run on the Terrazzo, commemorating 39 years since Operation Homecoming, the repatriation of POWs from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

    In their honor: Cadets run to remember POWs, MIAs, victims of 9/11

    Air Force Academy and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters Airmen joined forces Sept. 13 to run in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks and service members who were prisoners of war or missing in action from past conflicts.The run began at noon at the USNORTHCOM headquarters when Army Maj. Gen. Charles D. Luckey, USNORTHCOM chief of staff, passed a
  • Discovery Canyon students admire a one-sixth scale model of the Mercury capsule donated by the Air Force Academy's Astronautics Department Aug. 30, 2012. The model is a replica of the capsule that astronaut John Glenn flew when he became the first American to orbit Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

    Donations spark interest in space

    The Academy's Astronautics Department donated four surplus spacecraft models to the Discovery Canyon Campus Aug. 30 to continue generating enthusiasm for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.The department was cleaning up its laboratory and, rather than putting the unused items back into storage or disposing of them,
  • Participants in the Colorado Springs' Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure pose for a photo during the days activities. Cadets pitched in on race day from 4 a.m. to 2 p.m. to direct traffic in darkness, work the information tent, unload refreshment products, assist in stage recognition of the survivors and direct more than 7,000 participants through the race course by manning water stations, the finish line and on buses.

    Cadets, staff to volunteer at 'Race for the Cure'

    More than 100 Air Force Academy cadets and staff members will take part as volunteers and runners for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure events Saturday and Sunday at Garden of the Gods Park in western Colorado Springs.Academy volunteers, organized primarily through Cadet Squadron 11, comprise roughly one fourth of the total volunteer numbers for

  • Little Heroes: Academy children recognized for efforts while parents are deployed

    Eight young family members were recognized at an inaugural Home Front Heroes award ceremony May 7 at the Airman and Family Readiness Center for their outstanding contributions while a parent was deployed.The children, ages 4-14, received a certificate and American flag medal for their outstanding support and sacrifices that allowed their parents
  • Retired Maj. Glenn Ferguson and his wife, Janet, attend a 10th Medical Group town hall in the Air Force Academy's Community Center auditorium Jan. 17, 2012. Col. Timothy Ballard, the 10th MDG commander, held the town hall to clarify the Academy's policy change regarding retiree enrollment at the Academy Clinic after they become eligible for Medicare. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

    Clinic officials clarify enrollment changes at town hall

    The 10th Medical Group commander held a town hall meeting at the Community Center auditorium here Jan. 17 to answer questions from the retiree community about the medical group's decision not to accept new Tricare Plus enrollments.Those who turned 65 before Jan. 1 and are currently enrolled with the 10th MDG may continue to receive care at the
  • Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, second from left, discusses the state of higher education in the United States during a panel at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colo., Dec. 8, 2011. The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council organized the panel, which also included (from left): Dr. Pam Shockley-Zalabak, chancellor of the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs; World Affairs Council President Schuyler Foerster, Colorado College President Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler and Dr. Bruce Harmon, dean of engineering at the southern campus of Colorado Technical University. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

    Academy superintendent joins local education leaders for panel discussion

    The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council shined a spotlight on education in the United States at a panel discussion Thursday, and the Air Force Academy was well represented.Leading the way as the moderator was Dr. Sky Foerster, the new president of the Springs' World Affairs Council and also the Brent Scowcroft professor of national security
  • A group of volunteers prepare for surgery during a medical mission to Ecuador sponsored by the Judith Lombeida Medical Foundation. The foundation has made 10 mission trips to Ecuador, the most recent being a dental mission in November. The foundation is funded by private donations, the Combined Federal Campaign, and an annual golf tournament at the U.S. Air Force Academy. (Courtesy photo)

    Medical missions honor life of late Air Force doctor

    When Mark Backlin decided to start a medical foundation in his wife's memory, he had no clue what he was about to get into. "I didn't know at all how foundations worked or how to raise money. I just decided that's what I was going to do no matter what anybody said," said Backlin, who is a managing engineer with the 4th Manpower Readiness Squadron
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