• On the air: KAFA continues broadcast evolution

    "My roommate decided my DJ name is DJ Sparky."That's not exactly the name most people come up for themselves when they dream of being a radio disc jockey, but for Cadet 3rd Class Cody Nelson, that's what he got."I honestly didn't want to christen myself; I wanted someone to give me my DJ name," DJ

  • Academy shines at 2011 Assembly showcase

    The delegates have gone home, and the echoes of the speakers at the 53rd annual Academy Assembly have begun to fade. But the ideas presented and debated are still fresh in the minds of those who attended -- and probably will be for years to come.Carrying on a tradition started by Brig. Gen. Robert

  • Academy FD takes prevention message to kids

    The Academy Fire Department spends one week each year trying to teach children lessons the firefighters hope will last a lifetime -- and maybe even prolong some lifetimes.Local observance of Fire Prevention Week was thorough, as fire department personnel blanketed the base Oct. 10-13 with

  • Air officer commanding leads cadets to new heights

    Air Force leaders have said that diversity makes our nation and the Air Force stronger, and one Air Force Academy instructor lives that truth every day.Maj. Elaine Bryant is the Air Officer Commanding for Cadet Squadron 24, where she's responsible for developing and mentoring cadets to be officers

  • Colorado Springs bird watchers meet the Falcons

    Have falcon, will travel.Two cadets hit the road Sept. 21 to meet with attendees at an Aiken Audubon Society meeting in Colorado Springs and talk about the Air Force Academy's falconry program. Along with them was Destiny, a gray gyrfalcon. Cadet falconers conduct roughly 200 presentations per year,

  • Academy celebrates Hispanic heritage

    Alfredo Sandoval has always known who and what he is. He can't say the same about the Census Bureau.Because of the federal government's multiple redefinitions of Hispanic ethnicity, Sandoval has been a little bit of everything over the years: black, white, Indian, Chicano. And that doesn't really

  • Chilton family continues tradition of service

    One of the Air Force Academy's senior officers will mark her 30th year of service to the Air Force next month, while her daughter prepares to become a fourth-generation Airman. Brig. Gen. Cathy Chilton is the mobilization assistant to Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, the daughter of an

  • Air Force quarterback enrolled to serve nation after 9/11

    When Osama bin Laden sent his minions and more than 2,900 others to their deaths on Sept. 11, 2001, he unwittingly picked a fight with an Atlanta seventh-grader named Tim Jefferson.The young man who had harbored a nearly lifelong dream of becoming a pilot just didn't know that yet. In Atlanta, as

  • Warriors' worries melt thanks to therapy that fulfills 'need for steed'

    Quoting Winston Churchill is one of the most surefire ways to draw attention to something. The Warrior Wellness Program run by the Air Force Academy Equestrian Center can vouch for that assertion. A flier promoting the program shares Churchill's musing that "the outside of a horse is good for the

  • At the Air Force Academy, honor is a way of life

    Not long ago, two residents of Colorado Springs wrote a letter of thanks to Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould praising two cadets -- Cadets 2nd Class Ashley Bartmas and Tara Harris -- for returning an MP3 player that their daughter had lost while visiting the Academy. "Here are two ladies