 
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)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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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)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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Construction near Community Center continues on-schedule
Construction workers install curbing along Community Center Drive on Sept. 20, 2012. Construction along Community Center Drive and in the Base Exchange parking lot will add drainage pipes, inlets and curbs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Carol Lawrence)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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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)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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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)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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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)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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Academy observes AF's 65th birthday
Airman Stephanie Shishido salutes during a retreat ceremony honoring the Air Force birthday at the Air Force Academy's 10th Air Base Wing Headquarters Sept. 18, 2012. Shishido is a medical technician with the 10th Medical Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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Academy observes AF's 65th birthday
Lt. Col. Matthew Sandelier leads a formation in observing retreat at the Air Force Academy's 10th Air Base Wing Headquarters in honor of the Air Force birthday Sept. 18, 2012. Sandelier is the 10th Force Support Squadron deputy director. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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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)
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Posted: 9/20/2012
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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)
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Posted: 9/19/2012
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Academy cheerleaders encourage their team, community
Male cheerleaders run Air Force Academy flags across the field after an Air Force touchdown Sept. 1, 2012. Air Force defeated Idaho State in the Falcons' opening game of the season, 49-21. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
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Posted: 9/18/2012
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Academy cheerleaders encourage their team, community
Air Force Academy cheerleaders perform a pyramid stunt during the Air Force home opener at Falcon Stadium Sept. 1, 2012. The varsity squad comprises six male and six female cadets who perform at every football game. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
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Posted: 9/18/2012
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Academy cheerleaders encourage their team, community
Cheerleaders showcase their Air Force spirit during the Academy’s win against Idaho State Sept. 1, 2012. Academy cheerleaders practice two hours every day to develop chants, stunts and routines for every football and basketball game. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)
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Posted: 9/18/2012
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Going solo: Cadet makes Academy powered flight history
Cadet 1st Class Staci Rouse emerges enthusiastically from a T-53A trainer that she flew solo, marking a historic first for the Air Force Academy's powered flight program. Rouse, a native of Woodridge, N.J., is assigned to Cadet Squadron 40. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
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Posted: 9/13/2012
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Going solo: Cadet makes Academy powered flight history
Lt. Col. Scott Oskvarek presents Cadet 1st Class Staci Rouse with a name patch upon her landing to commemorate her historic fight Sept. 7. Rouse was the first cadet in Academy history to fly solo in a powered aircraft. Oskvarek is an instructor pilot with the 70th Flying Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)
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Posted: 9/13/2012
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Cadet provides gift of life through stem cell donation
Cadet 3rd Class Kyle Schroeder holds a bag containing blood-forming stem cells that he donated in Denver Sept. 5, 2012. Schroeder, a native of Colorado Springs, found out in the summer that he was a match for a recipient he has never met. He is assigned to Cadet Squadron 33. (Courtesy photo)
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Posted: 9/11/2012
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AFA solar array saves taxpayers $802,000 in first year
The Air Force Academy's solar array, pictured here May 13, 2011, occupies 41 acres of land on the Academy's southeast corner, adjacent to Interstate 25. The array, which comprises 18,888 solar panels, produced 12.5 million kilowatt-hours of power since it was activated July 1, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Posted: 9/10/2012
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Donations spark interest in space
Discovery Canyon students admire a one-sixth scale model of the Mercury capsule donated by the Air Force Academy's Astronautics Department Aug. 30, 2012. The model is a replica of the capsule that astronaut John Glenn flew when he became the first American to orbit Earth. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)
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Posted: 9/10/2012
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Academy firefighter to receive national award
Elaine Perkins, right, takes the baton from Stacey Billapando during the World Firefighter Combat Challenge in Myrtle Beach, S.C., Nov. 16, 2011. Perkins, a native of Honolulu and station captain for Fire Station 3 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., was named the 2011 National Image, Inc., Meritorious Service Award winner. Billapando is a firefighter with the Colorado Springs Fire Department. Perkins, Billapando, Andrea Caraway and Senior Airman Jessica Condon comprised the now-retired Fire Fembots team, which set a world record time for women's relay in 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/John Van Winkle)
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Posted: 9/5/2012
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Academy firefighter to receive national award
Elaine Perkins, a Honolulu native and the station captain for Fire Station 3 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., was named the 2011 National Image, Inc., Meritorious Service Award winner. She is scheduled to receive the award during a presentation in Los Angeles Sept. 13, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)
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Posted: 9/5/2012
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Vomit Comet
Cadet 1st Class Heather Nelson (left) flips a physics department coin in zero gravity, while 2nd Lt. Samantha Latch, Class of 2012, does her own zero-G acrobatics. (Photo courtesy of NASA)
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Posted: 8/31/2012
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Vomit Comet
Cadet 1st Class Heather Nelson (left), Trey Quiller, Department of Physics, (center) and 2nd Lt. Samantha Latch, Class of 2012, (right) watch the deployment of the FalconSAT-7 payload while in zero gravity, The FalconSAT-7 payload is the photon sieve, a membrane with billions of holes that duplicates the function of a traditional lens, but folds into a smaller space. The payload deploys within two seconds. (Photo courtesy of NASA)
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Posted: 8/31/2012
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Outreach
Volunteers cut down burned trees and cleared debris left over from the Waldo Canyon fire Sunday. The cadets performed cleanup for more than 100 homeowners and three city open spaces. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Raymond Hoy)
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Posted: 8/29/2012
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Outreach
Volunteers cut down burned trees and cleared debris left over from the Waldo Canyon fire Sunday. The cadets performed cleanup for more than 100 homeowners and three city open spaces. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Elizabeth Andrews)
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Posted: 8/29/2012
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