Ambassadors, leaders: Cadets chosen to work with international businesses in new Academy program

Eleven cadets, shown in this group photo taken April 24, 2012, were recently selected for the Air Force Academy's inaugural Ambassadors of Inclusion program, which will give the cadets experience working for private companies around the world. The program aims to provide cadets with cultural adaptation and self-awareness skills as well as fundamental leadership competencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

RAF officer departs Air Force Academy

Lt. Col. Eric Moody (right) presents Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Martin Harris with a ball celebrating his feat as "the oldest man to score a (football) hat trick at the Air Force Academy" during a send-off for the RAF exchange officer April 20, 2012. Harris' departure marks the end of the 55-year exchange program between the Academy and its British counterpart, the Officer and Aircrew Cadet Training Unit, at RAF College Cranwell, England. Moody is an instructor with the Academy's Military and Strategic Studies Department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Holocaust survivor: 'You're the last generation that will hear from us'

Marion Blumenthal Lazan speaks to cadets in Mitchell Hall April 17, 2012, about her experiences during World War II in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, located in northwestern Germany. She told the audience, "I do recognize the importance of sharing that period of history because in a few short years, Holocaust survivors will no longer be able to give a firsthand account of it." (U.S. Air Force photo/Raymond McCoy)

Puppy Love: Therapy dog eases cadets' worries

Lulu, an 8-month-old therapy dog, tilts her head toward the camera as she rests on her bed at the Air Force Academy's Peak Performance Center April 16, 2012. The Peak Performance Center provides cadets with therapy for life stresses. In the background is Maj. Nicholas Marshall, the center's director and Lulu's owner. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Capstone UAS project explores land, sea, air possibilities

Cadet 1st Class Tristan Latchu manipulates the controls of the camera onboard a remotely piloted aircraft at the Air Force Academy's Aardvark airfield April 11, 2012. Latchu and three other seniors -- Danny Harold, Amy Abraham and Michael McClain -- built the aircraft to be part of a team of unmanned vehicles that will conduct a search-and-intercept operation at the U.S. Military Academy in early May. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Capstone UAS project explores land, sea, air possibilities

Cadet 1st Class Danny Harold removes a screw from a small remotely piloted aircraft during a preflight check at the Air Force Academy's Aardvark runway April 11, 2012. Harold and three other cadets will travel to West Point in May to conduct a scenario involving unmanned aerial systems along with unmanned surface vehicles designed by Naval Academy midshipmen and unmanned ground vehicles designed by U.S. Military Academy cadets. Harold, an electrical engineering major, is assigned to Cadet Squadron 05. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Applied 'green' research teaches cadets about ins, outs of renewable energy

Cadet 1st Class Kyle Hansen checks the dimensions of a battery storage compartment on a two-person vehicle for a computer and electrical engineering capstone project at the Air Force Academy April 3, 2012. The project's goal is to power the vehicle using solar panels installed on the roof of Fairchild Hall. The solar panels are a product from a 2011 capstone project. Jensen is assigned to Cadet Squadron 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Applied 'green' research teaches cadets about ins, outs of renewable energy

Cadet 1st Class Margaret Weingart connects wiring to a vehicle battery in the Air Force Academy's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department April 3, 2012. Weingart and other cadets in her capstone project developed a system to power the vehicle using solar energy from panels on the roof of Fairchild Hall. She is assigned to Cadet Squadron 32. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Mission success

Cadets pose for a shot their parachute team broke the largest formation collegiate record with a 46-person formation Saturday, March 31, 2012. The cadets broke their own record of a 41-person formation they set March 2008. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Joseph Valente)

Mission success

Cadet 2nd Class Danielle Griffith opens her chute after her and her team broke the largest formation collegiate record with a 46-person formation Saturday, March 31, 2012. The cadets broke their own record of a 41-person formation they set March 2008. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Joseph Valente)

Commentary

Lt. Col. Kristi Lowenthal

New Command Chief

Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Ludwig