• Respect, service, honor

    Staff Sgt. Matthew Duggie has been a part of the Academy's Base Honor Guard for three years and said the best part about the job is not the recognition he receives for being a part of the team or opportunity to perform at major events rather, the opportunity to give back to military families,

  • A wish come true: Parker, Colo., native becomes cadet for a day

    An 11-year-old Coloradan became the Academy's newest cadet when he arrived for "duty" Sept. 28.Wyatt, from nearby Parker, was welcomed into the Cadet Wing through the Make-a-Wish Foundation and the Academy's Cadet for a Day program.The whole day was a surprise waiting to happen for Wyatt."All they

  • Cadet candidate overcomes adversity to pursue leadership

    Home has never been where 18-year old William Roe's heart is. A cadet candidate at the Academy's Preparatory School, Roe hopes to one day be an officer in the Air Force and has found his key strength through his education to get where he is today: from being hungry and living out of his mother's car

  • Living to run: AF marathon winner finds balance at Academy

    If people needed maintenance like cars do, Capt. Brian Dumm's legs would probably be due for a rotation. The 2012 Air Force Marathon winner ran his first marathon in Houston in 2007, but his running days stretch back even further."I ran in high school, both cross-country and track, and I ran

  • Falcon Heritage Forum: 'Courage is fear that has said its prayers'

    A group of 20 company grade officers spoke to approximately 4,000 cadets Sept. 20-21 at the 16th-annual Falcon Heritage Forum on the importance of moral courage in the midst of difficult decisions in the active-duty Air Force. The forum titled, "Faces of Courage: Company Grade Officers in Action"

  • Rising to the challenge: Firefighters compete for annual competition

    For the past eight years firefighters at the Air Force Academy have participated in the ultimate competition of their career: a seven-phase obstacle course where participants carry a 42-pound fire hose up six flights of stairs, hoist the hose to the top of a five story tower, use a nine- pound

  • Music director reflects on 30 years at Academy

    The Academy's music director is almost as much of a fixture here as the organ in the Cadet Chapel's Protestant worship area that he plays every Sunday morning. He has played the organ, which turned 50 years old this month, at weddings, funerals and worship services. He's instructed Cadet Chorale

  • Academy cheerleaders encourage their team, community

    Cheerleaders at the Air Force Academy have got a lot more than just spirit. Like every other cadet, they also have difficult courses to pass, training to attend and military duties to perform on top of cheerleading practice every day. Yet head cheerleading coach Laura Hutcheon said her teams are

  • Cadet provides gift of life through stem cell donation

    A native of Colorado Springs, Colo., in his second year at the Air Force Academy donated blood-forming stem cells in early September that may help save the life of a patient he's never met.Cadet 3rd Class Karl Schroeder originally signed up to become a donor while enrolled at the University of

  • Academy firefighter to receive national award

    An Air Force Academy firefighter will receive the National Image, Inc., Meritorious Service Award during a presentation in Los Angeles Sept. 13.Elaine Perkins, a Honolulu native and captain of Fire Station 3, won the award for numerous achievements, including a 15-percent improvement in emergency