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

Habitat for Humanity

Cadet 2nd Class Stephen Henderson, of Cadet Squadron 01, puts beams in place on a Habitat for Humanity project in Houston March 27, 2012. Nearly 60 cadets volunteered their time to build homes with Habitat for Humanity in Houston, Santa Fe and Taos, N.M., Oklahoma City, Okla., Kansas City, Mo., and Sheridan, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Habitat for Humanity

Cadet 3rd Class Chelsea Renfro, of Cadet Squadron 30, operates a circular saw during the Habitat for Humanity project March 28, 2012. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Firearms training

Tech. Sgt. Jon Hyder, an Academy Military Trainer assigned to Cadet Squadron 35, explains how the new firearms training simulator works. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Mike Kaplan)

Getting down the ice

Adam McKenzie pushes the puck up the ice during the NCAA Hockey Championship Tournament Saturday, March 24, 2012. The Falcons came up short against the Eagles 2-0. This was the Falcons' fifth trip to the tournament in the last six years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

In the crease

Jason Torf keeps track of the Eagles' offense during the NCAA Hockey Championship Tournament Saturday, March 24, 2012. The Falcons came up short against the Eagles 2-0. This was the Falcons' fifth trip to the tournament in the last six years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Face Off

Kyle DeLaurell and Michael Sit face off during the NCAA Hockey Championship Tournament Saturday, March 24, 2012. The Falcons came up short against the Eagles 2-0. This was the Falcons' fifth trip to the tournament in the last six years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

306th FTG unveils new sailplane landing area

Lt. Col Brad Roller explains the benefits of the new sailplane landing area from the control tower at the Air Force Academy March 20, 2012. Roller commands the 94th Flying Training Squadron, an Air Education and Training Command tenant unit here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Enlisted bestow highest honor on Academy superintendent.

Chief Master Sgts. Carolyn Henriques of the 10th Force Support Squadron and Randall Doersch of the Air Force Academy Band, perform their duties as Keepers of the Sword during an Order of the Sword ceremony for Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould March 19, 2012. Gould is the 234th inductee into the Order of the Sword. (U.S. Air Force photo/Raymond McCoy)

Fallen pilot 'has come home'

Airmen with the Air Force Academy Honor Guard move the body of Capt. Ryan Hall into a vehicle for transportation from the Cadet Chapel to the Academy Cemetery March 12, 2012. Hall was the son of 1970 Academy graduate Dennis Hall and his wife, Kliffa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Fallen pilot 'has come home'

An Air Force carry team transports the casket of Capt. Ryan Hall at Peterson Air Force Base during a dignified transfer March 9, 2012. Hall, 30, died in an aircraft accident in Djibouti Feb. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)

Fallen pilot 'has come home'

Airmen at the Air Force Academy render honors to Capt. Ryan Hall, who was interred at the Academy Cemetery March 12, 2012. Hall, a native of Colorado Springs, Colo., was killed when his U-38 Twin Condor crashed Feb. 18. Hall was deployed to Djibouti in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy takes 1st place at regional cyber competition

Cadet 1st Class Jordan Keefer (bottom left) and Cadet 2nd Class Nathan Hart (bottom right) work in the Air Force Academy's cyberwarfare laboratory March 5, 2012. Keefer and Hart are two of the eight cadets in the Academy's cyberwarfare team, which won a regional competition in Denver March 2-3. Also pictured is Dr. Martin Carlisle, the professor and academics deputy director for the Academy's Computer Science Department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)