Community flocks to Fire Dept. open house

Billie Evans looks at her reflection in a chrome panel of one of the fire trucks on display at the Air Force Academy Fire Department's open house Aug. 14, 2010, at Fire Station 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)

Community flocks to Fire Dept. open house

Smokey Bear and Sparky the Fire Dog make an appearance at the Air Force Academy Fire Department's open house at Fire Station 1 Aug. 14, 2010. Other events at the open house included fire truck static displays, a simulated car rescue and military working dog demonstrations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)

Could e-books lighten cadets' loads?

From right: Cadets 4th Class Paige Shirley and Michael Armour and other fourth-class cadets run the strips between classes while carrying their backpacks in their hands at the Air Force Academy Aug. 10, 2010. The Dean of Faculty plans to explore how replacing traditional textbooks with e-books might unencumber cadets. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

'Sex signals' actors take on sexual assault

Cadet 4th Class Brontavious Railey interacts with actors during the "Sex Signals" play at the Air Force Academy's Arnold Hall Theater Aug. 13, 2010. Cadet Railey is assigned to Cadet Squadron 23. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)

Cadets settle into 2010-2011 academic year

Cadet 3rd Class Mark Stewart shops at the cadet bookstore Aug. 10, 2010, during the first week of the Air Force Academy's 2010-2011 school year. Cadet Stewart is assigned to Cadet Squadron 26. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

Cadets settle into 2010-2011 academic year

Cadet 3rd Class Monica Hottle works on a project during a Biology 210 class at the Air Force Academy Aug. 10, 2010. The course, "Paradigms in Biology with Laboratory," is required for biology majors and recommended for cadets pursuing careers in the medical, dental, nursing or Biomedical Service Corps career fields. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

Cadets settle into 2010-2011 academic year

Fourth-class cadets "run the strips" between classes at the Air Force Academy Aug. 10, 2010. Doolies must stay on the marble strips throughout most of the Terrazzo and must march while in their cadet squadron dormitory areas until Recognition in March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

Cadets settle into 2010-2011 academic year

Cadets 3rd Class Nathen Mitchener (foreground) and Michael Griffin (background) study for classes in their dormitory in Vandenberg Hall Aug. 10, 2010. Both cadets are assigned to Cadet Squadron 06. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Cadets settle into 2010-2011 academic year

Fourth-class cadets "run the strips" between classes at the Air Force Academy Aug. 10, 2010. Doolies must stay on the marble strips throughout most of the Terrazzo and must march while in their cadet squadron dormitory areas until Recognition in March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Cadets settle into 2010-2011 academic year

Cadets 2nd Class Lindsey Heath and Brendan Maestas stop to talk between classes in Fairchild Hall Aug. 10, 2010, during the first full week of the 2010-2011 school year at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Cadet Heath is assigned to Cadet Squadron 01, and Cadet Maestas is assigned to CS 40. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Dining hall to retirees: Welcome back

Guests at the High Country Inn dining facility pose for a photo with 10th Air Base Wing and 10th Force Support Squadron personnel during lunch in the dining hall Aug. 9, 2010. The High Country Inn reopened its doors to retirees and enlisted Airmen Aug. 9. Pictured are, from left: Glenn Sutton, food service officer Lou Moya, John Cashman, 10th Air Base Wing superintendent Chief Master Sgt. Stef Dunson, 10th ABW Commander Col. Rick LoCastro, 10th Force Support Squadron director Gary Garland and Bob Mayberry. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)

Dining hall to retirees: Welcome back

Su Jackson, a food service employee at the High Country Inn dining facility, serves roast pork for JJ Inman, an Air Force retiree and guest at the dining facility Aug. 9, 2010. The dining facility reopened Aug. 9 to retirees and enlisted Airmen, who may eat lunch weekdays between 12:10 and 12:40 p.m., Academy Preparatory School schedule permitting. (U.S. Air Force photo/Rachel Boettcher)