Academy receives geospatial intelligence accreditation

The Air Force Academy's Economics and Geosciences Department receives a geospatial intelligence accreditation from Keith Masback, president of the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Agency, during a ceremony at the Air Force Academy Sept. 10, 2012. The certificate allows the Academy to offer geospatial intelligence certificates to its graduates. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

In their honor ...

Cadet 1st Class Connor Ference of Cadet Squadron 10 takes the baton to start his leg of five runners during the combined 9/11-POW/MIA Remembrance Run as it exits Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Sept. 13, 2012. The run ended at the Academy Terrazzo after 45 teams of five traversed the 45-mile journey past various locations in Colorado Springs. The end of the remembrance run signified the start of a 39-hour vigil run on the Terrazzo, commemorating 39 years since Operation Homecoming, the repatriation of POWs from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Music director reflects on 30 years at Academy

Dr. Joe Galema conducts the Cadet Chorale and Colorado Springs Philharmonic's performance of Handel's "Messiah" in the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel Dec. 2, 2011. Galema, the Cadet Chapel's music director and organist, started working at the Academy in September 1982. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy observes AF's 65th birthday

Airmen 1st Class Christen Neel (right) and Nicholas Marthaler (center) fold the American flag during a retreat ceremony honoring the Air Force birthday at the Air Force Academy's 10th Air Base Wing Headquarters Sept. 18, 2012. Neel is a surgical technician with the 10th Medical Group. Marthaler is a cyberspace systems operator with the 10th Communications Squadron. Also pictured, second from left, is Tech. Sgt. Bianca Meehan, the flag detail NCO in charge. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy observes AF's 65th birthday

Tech. Sgt. Bianca Meehan (center) secures the American flag during a retreat ceremony at the Air Force Academy's 10th Air Base Wing Headquarters Sept. 18, 2012. The ceremony was held to honor the Air Force's 65th birthday. Meehan, the NCO in charge of the flag detail, is the NCO in charge of clinical dietetics for the 10th Aerospace Medicine Squadron. Also comprising the detail were Airmen 1st Class Christen Neel (right) and Nicholas Marthaler (not pictured). (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Cadet triathlon team finishes 100th, 101st Ironman races

Cadets 3rd Class Erin Crow (right) and James Carney grind out miles on Stadium Boulevard at the Air Force Academy Sept. 4, 2012. Cadet Triathlon Team members will travel 80-100 miles on bicycles each weekend as part of their triathlon training. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Van Winkle)