Front Range bases host retiree appreciation event

Airman Holly Ayuyu and Senior Airman Barbara Coddington speak with a visitor during the Front Range Retiree Appreciation Day at the Air Force Academy July 23, 2011. Ayuyu and Coddington are dental technicians with the Academy's 10th Dental Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Front Range bases host retiree appreciation event

Retiree Lew Brown asks a question during a Retiree Appreciation Day event at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 23, 2011. The event was open to retirees from any branch of the armed forces. Brown is a member of the Colorado chapter of the Sampson Air Force Base Veterans Association. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Summer program introduces cadets to space

Lockheed Martin’s Space Operations Simulation Center in Littleton, Colo., simulates on-orbit docking maneuvers with full-scale Orion crew exploration vehicle and International Space Station mockups. Cadets from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., visited the SOSC during a tour of Lockheed Martin's Littleton facility July 15, 2011. (Lockheed Martin photo/Patrick Corkery)

Academy's enlisted support local football camp

Anthony Trucks was one of the 18 professional football players who participated in the Pro Football Camp July 12-15. Trucks played football for the University of Oregon before playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2007-2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Community, Airmen replace Tuskegee Airman's lost medal

Four of the documented original Tuskegee Airmen pay their respects to the American flag at the Air Force Academy July 22, 2011, during a ceremony to present former 2nd Lt. Franklin Macon, an original Tuskegee Airman, with a bronze replica of the Tuskegee Airmen medal. Macon's original medal replica was stolen from his home May 31. Pictured are, from left: retired Col. Lowell Bell, former Aviation Cadet Randy Edwards, retired Capt. Sam Hunter Jr. and Macon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Community, Airmen replace Tuskegee Airman's lost medal

Master Sgt. Amy Wilson sets up the Air Force chief of staff's flag during setup for a ceremony at the Air Force Academy July 22, 2011. Airmen from the Academy and the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base collaborated to put together the ceremony to present former 2nd Lt. Franklin Macon, one of the documented original Tuskegee Airman, with a bronze Tuskegee Airmen medal replica. Macon's original medal replica was stolen from his home May 31. Wilson is the superintendent of the Academy's Protocol office. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Community, Airmen replace Tuskegee Airman's lost medal

Cadet 1st Class Frederick Johnson holds a bronze replica of the Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony in honor of local documented original Tuskegee Airmen at the Air Force Academy July 22, 2011. Airmen with the 21st Space Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., purchased the medal replica to replace one stolen May 31 from the home of former 2nd Lt. Franklin Macon. Airmen at the Academy invited Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz to present the medal. Johnson, an Atlanta native, is assigned to Cadet Squadron 14 and served as proffer during the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ray McCoy)

Community, Airmen replace Tuskegee Airman's lost medal

Suzie Schwartz and Paula Gould thank former Aviation Cadet Randy Edwards, former 2nd Lt. Franklin Macon and retired Capt. Sam Hunter, Jr. for their service to the United States during a ceremony at the Air Force Academy July 22, 2011. The Academy hosted the ceremony to present a replacement bronze Tuskegee Airman medal replica to Macon, whose original replica was stolen in a home burglary May 31. Schwartz is the wife of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz, and Gould is the wife of Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ray McCoy)

MIA laid to rest at Academy

A funeral procession for Col. Leo Boston drives through an honor cordon in Jacks Valley en route to the Air Force Academy cemetery July 15, 2011. Boston was declared missing in action in Vietnam in 1966 after his A-1E Skyraider disappeared over the Black River in North Vietnam. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

MIA laid to rest at Academy

Basic cadets and cadre members render final honors to Col. Leo Boston, who was missing in action from 1966 to 2011, during a funeral service for Boston at the Air Force Academy July 15, 2011. Boston, a native of Cañon City, Colo., went missing near the Black River in North Vietnam's Son La Province during a mission in an A-1E Skyraider. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Air Force Academy holds Independence Day bash

Col. Thomas Gibson and Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach take the stage to greet visitors at the Air Force Academy's Fourth of July celebration in Falcon Stadium July 4, 2011. Colonel Gibson is the commander of the 10th Air Base Wing, which oversees security and force support for the Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Davis)

Air Force Academy holds Independence Day bash

A visitor to the Air Force Academy's Fourth of July celebration checks out the turret of a Humvee at the Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 4, 2011. Other events at the celebration included performances by the Air Force Academy Band's Wild Blue Country group and the Colorado Springs Philharmonic and a fireworks show. (U.S. Air Force photo/Megan Davis)