Academy puts on a show at parade

Volunteers with the National Exchange Club of Falcon, Colo., hand out American flags to spectators along Tejon Street at the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade Nov. 6, 2010. The club comprises people who wish to make their communities a better place to live, learn and work. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

Academy puts on a show at parade

Senior Master Sgt. Megan St. Clair talks with Air Force Academy cadets during preparations for the Colorado Springs Veterans Day Parade Nov. 6, 2010. Sergeant St. Clair is a logistics technician with the 10th Medical Support Squadron at the Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

Academy selects first chief diversity officer

Adis Vila was selected Oct. 29 to become the Air Force Academy's first chief diversity officer. Ms. Vila is a native of Cuba and graduate of Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. (courtesy photo)

Academy grads support Antarctica mission

Capt. Jon Waller records a video log of his experiences flying C-17 Globemaster III aircraft into McMurdo Station, Antarctica, in support of Operation Deep Freeze in October 2010. Captain Waller is a C-17 instructor pilot with the 62nd Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-Fairchild, Wash., and a graduate of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Cadet Interfaith Council promotes discourse, understanding

Cadets on the Air Force Academy's Cadet Interfaith Council pose for a photograph in Sijan Hall at the Academy Oct. 20, 2010. The council meets monthly to discuss issues related to the Academy's religious climate. Cadet 2nd Class Philicia Fahrenbruch (first row, far left) is the council president. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

Schriever officer's daughter enjoys cadet experience

Lt. Col. Chris Stratton and his daughter, Caroline, share a private moment during the family's visit to the Air Force Academy Oct. 15. Caroline, 11, was named the Academy's cadet for a day. Colonel Stratton is assigned to the Space Innovation and Development Center at Schriever Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/J. Rachel Spencer)

Academy hosts mock trial tournament

Cadet 2nd Class Clayton Schmitt, standing, listens to a judge's remarks during a mock trial at the Air Force Academy Oct. 17, 2010. Cadet Schmitt was part of the Academy's "New Kids on the Block" mock trial team, which also included, clockwise from bottom right: Cadets 3rd Class Jessica Norrington, Max Stanley and Brett Teague, Cadet 2nd Clsas Diana Bennett (seated behind Cadet Schmitt), Cadet 3rd Class Josh Williams and Cadet 4th Class Melanie Daugherty. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Academy hosts mock trial tournament

Kaitlin Barker argues a case before a judge during a mock trial at the Air Force Academy Oct. 17, 2010. Ms. Barker is a student at the University of Colorado in Boulder. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

BYU coach leads Mormon service at Academy chapel

Cadet 1st Class Brett Boyce, right, thanks BYU football head coach Bronco Mendenhall for leading a Mormon worship service in the Air Force Academy's Cadet Chapel the evening of Sept. 10, 2010. The cadet chorus presented the Cougars coach with an Air Force Falcons hat as a gift for leading the service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

BYU coach leads Mormon service at Academy chapel

BYU football head coach Bronco Mendenhall speaks during a Mormon worship service at the Air Force Academy's Cadet Chapel Sept. 10, 2010. Mendenhall, an Oregon State graduate, was hired for the BYU head coach position in 2005 after three straight losing seasons and several honor code violations. Since 2005, the Cougars have gone 49-15, and honor code violations in the school's football program have dropped significantly. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

Colo. Springs mayor speaks at Hispanic Heritage luncheon

Lt. Gen. Mike Gould presents Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera with a copy of "Spirit and Flight: A photographic salute to the United States Air Force Academy" during a Hispanic Heritage Month luncheon at the Air Force Academy's Falcon Club Oct. 14, 2010. "Spirit and Flight," by Elizabeth Gill Lui, was first published in 1996. General Gould is the Academy superintendent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

Colo. Springs mayor speaks at Hispanic Heritage luncheon

Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera speaks with Airman 1st Class Luis Cisneros-Godinez during the Hispanic Heritage Month luncheon at the Air Force Academy's Falcon Club Oct. 14, 2010. Also pictured is Col. Rick LoCastro, the 10th Air Base Wing commander. Airman Cisneros-Godinez is a medical lab technician with the 10th Medical Support Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

Cadets participate in international falconry exhibition

From right: Dr. Margit Muller shows Cadet 2nd Class Michael O'Kelley and Cadet 3rd Class Paul McArthur a falcon undergoing a surgical procedure at a falcon hospital in the United Arab Emirates Sept. 23, 2010. Cadets with the Falconry Club visited the UAE to learn about differences between Air Force Academy and Middle Eastern falconry. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Cadet Squadron 04 completes Cadet Service Learning at Ironman

Cadet 3rd Class Neil Corran provides security for the Ironman Triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2010. Cadet Corran was one of 36 members of Cadet Squadron 04 who volunteered for the event as the squadron's Fall 2010 Cadet Service Learning project. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Air Force baseball alumni share memories

Batter Norm Haller gets a pitch from Larry Bryant as Sean Frank catches during an Air Force Academy baseball reunion game at the Academy Sept. 25, 2010. Haller is a 1960 graduate of the Academy, and Bryant and Frank are '75 graduates. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

Air Force baseball alumni share memories

Bruce Huneke watches an Air Force baseball reunion game Sept. 24, 2010, along with Allan Macartor and Jim Steed. Huneke is a 1965 Academy graduate and Vietnam veteran; Macartor and Steed are both 1964 graduates. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Fallen cadet honored by family, comrades at memorial

Linda and Van Henning receive hugs and condolences from cadets during a memorial service for their son, Cadet 1st Class Marc Henning, at the Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel Sept. 28, 2010. Cadet Henning, a native of Crossville, Ill., was 22. He attended the Academy Preparatory School in 2006 before entering the Academy in 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)

Fallen cadet honored by family, comrades at memorial

A cadet honor guard prepares to raise an American flag at the Air Force Academy during a reveille ceremony in memory of Cadet 1st Class Marc Henning Sept. 28, 2010. The Academy and Cadet Henning's family held a memorial service at the Cadet Chapel the same day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Students see stars at AFA observatory

Cadet 4th Class Richard Cook and Trevor Hobson demonstrate inertia in a rotating frame of reference during a tour of the Air Force Academy's Department of Physics and observatory Sept. 24, 2010. Trevor is a student at Falcon Middle School in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Students see stars at AFA observatory

Cadet 1st Class Samantha Howard describes the Air Force Academy's 61-cm reflecting telescopes to students from Falcon Middle School Sept. 24, 2010. About 50 students toured the Academy's observatory and learned about stars and constellations in the early autumn sky as well as far-away objects and the age of the solar system. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Fallen Airman's family receives Medal of Honor

President Barack Obama, right, presents a Medal of Honor award to Richard Etchberger, son of U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger, during a ceremony at the White House Sept. 21, 2010. Richard Etchberger and his brothers, Steve Wilson and Cory Etchberger, all attended the ceremony to accept the posthumous award on behalf of their father, who received the medal for his actions during the Vietnam War. Chief Master Sgt. Etchberger exposed himself to enemy fire in order to save three fellow Airmen during an attack on their position in Laos March 11, 1968. Etchberger suffered fatal wounds after placing the wounded Airmen in rescue slings so they could be airlifted to safety. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)

Cadets march in Mexican bicentennial

Left to right: Cadets 2nd Class Chris Ganczewski and Justin Harris, Cadets 1st Class Josh Stroud and Bryan Altman and Cadet 2nd Class Kathryn Stuard carry the American, Mexican and Air Force flags during a march in Mexico City's Plaza de la Constitución during Mexico's bicentennial celebration Sept. 16. Marching behind the honor guard are members of Cadet Squadron 19. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Randy Sharpe)

Wings of Blue wins 1st national title

The Wings of Blue Air Force Parachute Demonstration Team won the U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships in Ottawa, Ill., Sept. 11-12. Pictured, left to right, are (first row): Cadets 1st Class Zoe Kotnik, Kyle Yohe, Eric Wallace, Josh LeMair, (second row) Kyle Tomaszewski, Alex Meyer, Nolan Sweeney and Mike Walker. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Memorial honors victims, heroes of Sept. 11

A cadet examines a twisted metal beam pulled from the wreckage of the World Trade Center set up outside Falcon Stadium Sept. 11, 2010, as a memorial of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The Post 9/11 Foundation donated parts of the World Trade Center to the Academy and other Colorado Springs military installations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dennis Rogers)