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Brittany Bird (in white), wife of retired Capt. Carson Bird, walks up the steps to the Cadet Chapel while members of the Air Force Falcons hold their helmets aloft in salute to her husband, Dec. 9, 2016 at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Carson Bird, a 2008 Academy graduate and all-star cornerback, died Nov. 26, 2016, after battling Chondrosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Gutierrez)


REMEMBERING CAPT. CARSON BIRD

Brittany Bird (in white), wife of retired Capt. Carson Bird, walks up the steps to the Cadet Chapel while members of the Air Force Falcons hold their helmets aloft in salute to her husband, Dec. 9, 2016 at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Carson Bird, a 2008 Academy graduate and all-star cornerback, died Nov. 26, 2016, after battling Chondrosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jason Gutierrez)

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Eleven master sergeants at the U.S. Air Force Academy were notified March 2, 2017, that they had been selected for promotion to senior master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force Graphic)
Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro Jr., makes his 131st parachute jump over the U.S. Air Force Academy, Feb. 18, 2017. Del Tori, a former Tactical Air Control Party Airman, is the Air Force's only 100-percent disabled wounded warrior on active duty. He made the jump with cadets and staff at the 98th Flying Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Master Sgt. Israel Del Toro Jr. parachutes over the U.S. Air Force Academy Feb. 18, 2017. Del Toro is the Air Force's only 100-percent disabled wounded warrior to remain on active duty. The former Tactical Air Control Party Airman has completed 131 parachute jumps. (U.S. Air Force photo)
Capt. Lance P. Sijan is shown here during his cadet years at the U.S. Air Force Academy. He's the first Academy graduate to receive the Medal of Honor. Sijan died a prisoner of war Jan. 22, 1968, after his aircraft was shot down over Laos. He was posthumously promoted to captain in 1968 and awarded the Medal of Honor in 1976 (U.S. Air Force photo)
Retired Army Col. Greg Gadson, the keynote speaker for this year's National Character and Leadership Symposium at the U.S. Air Force Academy, speaks from the stage in Arnold Hall, Feb. 23, 2017. Gadson spoke about the value of developing character at the symposium. He lost his legs to a roadside bomb in 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
Retired Army Col. Greg Gadson, the keynote speaker for this year's National Character and Leadership Symposium at the U.S. Air Force Academy, speaks from the stage in Arnold Hall, Feb. 23, 2017. Gadson spoke about the value of developing character at the symposium. He lost his legs to a roadside bomb in 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, the superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, chats with retired U.S. Army Col. Greg Gadson Feb. 23, 2017, before she gives the opening remarks at the National Character and Leadership Symposium in Arnold Hall. The NCLS is an annual Academy event highlighting courage, character and warrior ethos. Gadson is one of the event's featured speakers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
Dr. Geoff McHarg (left), director of the Space Physics and Atmospheric Research Center at the U.S. Air Force Academy, stands with Cadet 3rd Class Nick McDaniel (middle) and Cadet 4th Class Sequoia Chun, in front of the Vehicle Assembly Building at Cape Canaveral, Florida, Feb. 19, 2017. The trio attended the Space-X CRS-10 launch taking the latest Academy space experiment to the International Space station. (U.S. Air Force photo)
President Dwight Eisenhower (seated) shakes hands with Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott, April 1, 1954, after signing legislation authorizing the establishment of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Looking on (from left) are Congressman Karl Vinton, of Georgia; Gen. Nathan Twining, Air Force chief of staff; Congressman Dewey Short, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; James Douglas, undersecretary of the Air Force, and Lt. Gen. Hubert Harmon, special assistant for the Academy. (U.S. Air Force Academy ) 0
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Janet Therianos, a 1980 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, was the first woman to graduate the Academy and be selected for promotion to the flag officer ranks. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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