• 'Writing is on the wall' at JBB war memorial

    The writing on the walls is clear for all to see.Servicemembers left messages as a way to commemorate the comrades they had lost. Those who were wounded left their marks to thank medical staff members. Comments from well-wishers also were dotted throughout the room. With U.S. forces committed to

  • Desert student appointed to Academy

    A Desert Junior/Senior High School student is preparing to leave for Colorado Springs, Colo., after winning her congressman's principal nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy.Courtney Bishop was named Rep. Kevin McCarthy's top pick and also received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in

  • Laughlin AFB amputee earns his wings

    Earning the coveted silver pilot wings is a long and difficult journey allowing only a small percentage of officers to earn the right to be called a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.By becoming the first amputee to graduate from pilot training, 1st Lt. Ryan P. McGuire earned his spot among the elite

  • Sisters' legacy makes Academy history

    Many graduates speak of the lifelong bonds they make with classmates during their four years at the Air Force Academy. For the Robillard family, the shared challenges, failures and triumphs of the Academy experience made a close-knit group of four sisters that much closer.As twins Alicia and Amanda

  • Academy gains a piece of WWII crypto history

    On a table in Dr. Barry Fagin's office sits a plain gray box that weighs about 30 pounds and smells of machinery and dusty paper. Its nondescript appearance, however, belies its significance: in the right hands, a box like this may have saved millions of lives during World War II.The box holds a

  • Warriors Way: A Cadet's Journey

    Gotta, Gotta, Gotta win! Can't Stop! Won't Stop! Air Force!This is the rallying cry of the Air Force Wounded Warrior wheelchair basketball team. And for Ohio University ROTC Cadet Matthew Pirrello, age 20, it describes his journey over the last year to overcome an injury that changed his life. In

  • Airmen donate time to local ReStore

    The Habitat for Humanity ReStore sits at the corner of Costilla Street and Wahsatch Avenue near downtown Colorado Springs. It accepts donations of construction materials from local retailers, contractors and individuals and sells those goods at a good discount to shoppers. Someone, however, has to

  • Academy Airmen help carry Air Force basketball teams to victory

    The all-Air Force men's and women's teams took different paths to victory in the Armed Forces Basketball Tournament at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 17. The men's team, which had several former Air Force Falcons on its roster, destroyed its competition, sweeping its way to an

  • Sisterhood of support, and the traveling BDU’s

    Cadet 4th Class Moranda Hern has so many sisters that she gets to talk to all of them only sporadically.That's what happens, though, when your sisterhood is actually an organization. Cadet Hern is the co-founder of the Sisterhood of the Traveling BDUs, a nonprofit that provides support to girls ages

  • Past, Present, Future; Academy Cyber Warfare

    Teams around the nation battling in cyberspace sounds like the plot of a Hollywood summer blockbuster, but for a team of students at the Air Force Academy this week it's just class work. Sponsored by the National Security Agency, the 11th Annual Cyber Defense Exercise took place April 18 -21,