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)