Outreach

Cadet 2nd Class Warren McGriff, of Cadet Squadron 05, cuts through a tree during fire mitigation and cleanup efforts in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood Sunday. Mountain Shadows was one of the hardest hit areas during the recent Waldo Canyon Fire that destroyed 346 homes. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Academy holds panel honoring women's suffrage

Col. Stella Renner asks RBI Strategies and Research President Rick Ridder about the challenges of collecting demographic data on military voters, many of whom vote in states other than their states of residence, during a Women's Equalidy Day panel at the Air Force Academy Aug. 27, 2012. Also on the panel were Colorado Rep. Crisanta Duran (D-Denver) and Colorado League of Women Voters President Catherine Perrone. Renner is the Academy's vice commandant of culture and climate. (U.S. Air force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Academy holds panel honoring women's suffrage

Master Sgt. Kelly Links introduces panelists at a Women's Equality Day luncheon at the Air Force Academy Aug. 27, 2012. Panelists were Rep. Crisanta Duran (D-Denver), League of Women Voters President Catherine Perrone and RBI Strategies and Research co-founder Rick Ridder. Other guests of note included Rep. Janak Joshi (R-Colorado Springs) and Lynn Gangone, dean of the University of Denver Women's College. Links is a dental technician with the Academy's 10th Dental Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Visiting Professors

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Rugby

Cadet 2nd Class Jackson Bristol carries the ball in the Shield Final match against Virginia at the Rugby Sevens Collegiate National Championships in College Station, Texas. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Mentoring programs aims to encourage diversity

Tammy Gauthier teaches a class on mentoring in Arnold Hall at the Air Force Academy Aug. 6, 2012. Gauthier is the management analyst for the Montana Veterans Affairs Department's Performance Measure Program and a certified mentoring fellow. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Diversity

The Academy’s Sexual Assault Prevention Response program has developed education and preventive tools, implemented bystander intervention training, extended victim care and worked hard to establish a program victims can trust. (U.S. Air Force Photo Illustration/Mike Kaplan)

Diversity

Cadet 2nd Class Richard Cook with co-workers from Chindex explore an ancient village outside of Beijing during his Ambassadors of Inclusion visit to China. Cook worked as an intern in the marketing department of the United Family Hospitals division. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

No engine? No problem

Gen. Mike Hostage, commander of Air Combat Command, prepares for a TG-15A glider ride Aug. 13, 2012, with Cadet 1st Class Chris Olson of Cadet Squadron 13. Olson is co-captain of the Academy’s Sailplane Racing Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

Diversity training

Tina Erzen and Col. Andy Szmerekovsky conduct a short mentoring session during a class on mentoring at the Air Force Academy Aug. 6. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Don Branum)

Lowry family visit

Retired Maj. Gen. Harold Todd talks to members of the Mackay family during their visit to the Academy Aug. 3. The Mackays are related to 2nd Lt. Francis Lowry, after whom Lowry Air Force Base, Colo., was named. Todd, from the Academy’s Class of 1959, was the first Academy graduate to pin on general officer rank. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Don Branum)

Air Liaison Officer Assessment

Master Sgt. Joseph Palmer and other mobile operations in urban terrain instructors demonstrate how to clear a room. Palmer is assigned to the 93rd Air Ground Operations Wing at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Don Branum)

Distinguished Service Award

Land navigation was part of the air liaison officer assessment here Aug. 2-6. , and would-be forward air controllers were tested on their ability to move from point to point. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

Distinguished Service Award

Edward E. Legasey, a 1967 Air Force Academy graduate, has been awarded the 2012 Distinguished Service Award for his outstanding service and unfailing support to the Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Academy UAS program continues to mature

An Aerosonde remotely piloted aircraft prepares for takeoff from the Aardvark airfield east of Jacks Valley at the Air Force Academy Sept. 1, 2011. Academy cadets control the RPAs from an operations center in the 557th Flying Training Squadron at the Academy's primary airfield. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Academy UAS program continues to mature

Cadet 3rd Class Kasilie Shepherd coordinates an unmanned aerial system mission in the 557th Flying Training Squadron facility at the Air Force Academy Airfield July 20, 2012. Instructor pilot cadets and permanent-party faculty create scenarios that allow students to work with classmates enrolled in the Expeditionary Survival and Evasion Training summer program, simulating operational Air Force missions. Shepherd is assigned to Cadet Squadron 35. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

'Traveling' basic cadets observe modified Ramadan

Imam Mohamed Jodeh leads basic cadets in evening prayer during a Muslim service in Jacks Valley July 22, 2012. While Muslims normally fast during Ramadan, which began July 20, Jodeh instructed the basics not to fast while they underwent Basic Cadet Training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

'Traveling' basic cadets observe modified Ramadan

Imam Mohamed Jodeh helps Basic Cadet Wasim Soomro perform wudu prior to evening prayers in the Muslim chapel at Jacks Valley July 22, 2012. Wudu is a form of ablution, or ritual purification, that consists of washing one's hands, feet, mouth and face before praying or touching the Qur'an. Jodeh leads Muslim services as part of the Air Force Academy's lay leader program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Prep School Inprocessing

Cadets get fitted for uniforms during inprocessing at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School July 18. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Raymond McCoy)

Prep School Inprocessing

A fresh haircut is all part of a cadet candidate's introduction to cadet life during inprocessing at the Air Force Academy Preparatory School July 18. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Raymond McCoy)

Memorial Service

Cadet 2nd Class Yung C. “Andrew” Chin, who passed away June 19 in Las Vegas, was honored and laid to rest at the Air Force Academy Cemetery July 13. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

Memorial Service

Sensei Sarah Bender, the Academy’s Cadet Chapel Buddhist Program Leader, conducts the memorial service, July 13. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

International Programs

Mohamed Salim Gallala from Tunisia is one of twenty international students participating in Basic Cadet Training. International students must be proficient in English and meet all other requirements for Academy admissions. When they graduate they receive a Bachelor of Science Degree, but are not commissioned officers in the U. S. Air Force.

Flight programs

Col. Joseph Rizzuto, right, accepts the guidon and command of the 306th Flying Training Group from Col. Gerald Goodfellow, 12th Flying Training Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony July 9. Rizzuto replaces Col. Christopher Plamp, who is headed to the NATO Combined Air Operations Center in Uedem, Germany, where he will be the Director of Operations and Commander of the U.S. Element there. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Mike Kaplan)