• Class of '14 rolls out to Jacks Valley

    A journey of 4½ miles begins with two words: "Forward, HARCH!"With those words, spoken July 11 at 6:45 a.m., the Class of 2014 began its transition from the first phase of Basic Cadet Training to "Second Beast," which entails about three weeks of military training and team-building. Basic cadets,

  • Lombeida Foundation continues mission after dr.'s death

    Even after rising to the rank of colonel and Academy chief neurologist, Dr. Judith Lombeida never lost her inner child. She jumped into tag games with the neighbor kids. She was full of mischievous pranks. She preserved the spark of her childhood as well as the love of her native Ecuador, where she

  • '99 graduate, family head to Argentina through Olmsted Scholar program

    An A-10C Thunderbolt II pilot assigned to the 358th Fighter Squadron here was one of 17 military officers selected by the George and Carol Olmsted Foundation to be a student in Olmsted Scholar Class of 2011.Maj. Sean Baerman, a 1999 graduate of the Air Force Academy, will move with his family to

  • Kan. native spreads musical wings

    Cadet 1st Class Jill Larson hesitated about coming to the Academy in 2007, unsure whether she would have the opportunity to sing, but the Dodge City, Kan., native and Academy Preparatory School graduate was happy to be proven wrong.Music has given the Falcons and Kansas Jayhawks fan an outlet from

  • Colorado hero flies with Thunderbirds

    A math teacher who subdued an active shooter at Deer Creek Middle School Feb. 23 flew in the cockpit of an F-16 Fighting Falcon over the Air Force Academy, Peterson Air Force Base and Colorado Springs May 23.Dr. David Benke's act of heroism and 33 years of service to his community as a math teacher

  • Class of 2010 crest embodies graduates' unity, pride

    The Class of 2010 has proven itself worthy of the motto, "Strength Within." Our class crest symbolizes this internal strength, and as we wear our rings, we will continue to embody the strength that we gain from the experience, good and bad, that the Academy has given us. Pain is a part of the

  • Downrange: Academy NCO cares for locals, warfighters

    A surgical services technician with the 10th Medical Group didn't know what to expect when she deployed with the 655th Forward Surgery Team in Afghanistan two months ago. However, she quickly learned that at least some of the local population harbors no love for Americans in the country.During Staff

  • Cadet research benefits Falcon Stadium

    Two cadets majoring in mechanical engineering devoted their senior capstone research project to studying the heating system under the synthetic turf football field of Falcon Stadium. Cadets 1st Class Caleb Becker and Ben Saunders simulated the functioning of the heating system in order to determine

  • Children 'deploy' to Usafastan

    For about 200 members of the Academy community, Saturday started with a 7 a.m. wake-up call from the Command Center. By 9:30 a.m., they filled the predeployment center on the south side of the base to receive safety and cultural awareness briefings, set up allotments to their family members back

  • Academy NCO wins Levitow Award from Vosler NCO Academy

    The NCO in charge of command career enhancement programs for the Air Force Academy staff here received the John Levitow Award when she graduated from the Vosler NCO Academy at Peterson Air Force Base April 8.Tech. Sgt. Tiffany Smith was the top graduate among 125 mid-level NCOs who graduated from