FalconSAT-5 rockets into orbit

A satellite dish at the Kodiak Launch Complex in Alaska reflects light from a sunset prior to liftoff of a rocket carrying the Air Force Academy's FalconSAT-5 at the complex Nov. 19, 2010. FalconSAT is a capstone program in which Academy cadets design, build, test and operate a satellite. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Program helps teachers reach for STARS

Teachers Claude Watters, center, and Emily Anderson launch their Estes rocket during a three-day Space Technology Applications Reaching Students teacher training workshop July 9, 2010. Mr. Watters is a teacher with The Classical Academy in Academy School District 20. Ms. Anderson is a teacher at Sierra High School in Harrison School District 2. (U.S. Air Force photo/Julie Imada)

Academy researchers use 'ionic liquids' to neutralize chemical warfare agents

Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Chris Horn examines an ionic liquid in a chemistry laboratory at the Academy March 15, 2010. The Academy is developing a fast, environmentally friendly method to neutralize chemical warfare agents such as sarin and VX using certain ionic liquids. Cadet Horn and Cadet 1st Class Joe Lewczyk are also conducting follow-on research with ionic liquids to determine whether the room-temperature molten salts can neutralize certain biological agents. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

2010 War, Literature & the Arts Conference

War, Literature & the Arts: An International Journal of the Humanities, produced by the U.S. Air Force Academy?s Department of English and Fine Arts, will host the 2010 War, Literature & the Arts Conference Sept. 16-18, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, CO.

HLC releases Academy accreditation report

Lt. Col. Jeff Boleng looks over then-Cadets 3rd Class Bradford Smith and James Colvin III during a computer science course at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 2, 2009. The Academy officially received its 10-year accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Oct. 27. Colonel Boleng is the deputy department head for the Department of Computer Science and an associate professor. (U.S. Air Force photo/David Armer)

HLC releases Academy accreditation report

Col. John Abbatiello talks to cadets during a history class at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 2, 2009. The Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools cited the Academy's "enviable" 8:1 student-teacher ratio as one of the strengths in a report released Oct. 27. Colonel Abbatiello is the deputy head of the Academy's Department of History. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Ahlschwede)