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)