RAF officer departs Air Force Academy

Lt. Col. Eric Moody (right) presents Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Martin Harris with a ball celebrating his feat as "the oldest man to score a (football) hat trick at the Air Force Academy" during a send-off for the RAF exchange officer April 20, 2012. Harris' departure marks the end of the 55-year exchange program between the Academy and its British counterpart, the Officer and Aircrew Cadet Training Unit, at RAF College Cranwell, England. Moody is an instructor with the Academy's Military and Strategic Studies Department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

RAF officer departs Air Force Academy

Col. Thomas Drohan presents Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Martin Harris with a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal during a RAF officers send-off in the Air Force Academy Cadet Battle Lab April 20, 2012. The medal was instituted Feb. 6, 2012, to commemorate 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II's reign. Harris is the outgoing RAF exchange officer to the Academy. Drohan is the head of the Academy's Military and Strategic Studies Department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Puppy Love: Therapy dog eases cadets' worries

Lulu says hello to Cadet 3rd Class Mercedes Dexter after catching the scent of her lip gloss in the Air Force Academy's Peak Performance Center April 16, 2012. Lulu is an 8-month-old lab-weimaraner mix owned by the center's director, Maj. Nicholas Marshall. Dexter is assigned to Cadet Squadron 32. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Puppy Love: Therapy dog eases cadets' worries

From left: Cadet 3rd Class Mercedes Dexter, Maj. Nicholas Marshall and Cadet 3rd Class J. Downs pose with Lulu, an 8-month-old therapy dog, in the Air Force Academy Terrazzo April 16, 2012. Marshall is Lulu's owner and the director of the Academy's Peak Performance Center, which provides cadets with therapy for life stresses like homesickness, test anxiety or relationship issues. Dexter is assigned to Cadet Squadron 32, and Downs is assigned to CS 40. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Applied 'green' research teaches cadets about ins, outs of renewable energy

Cadet 1st Class Kyle Hansen checks the dimensions of a battery storage compartment on a two-person vehicle for a computer and electrical engineering capstone project at the Air Force Academy April 3, 2012. The project's goal is to power the vehicle using solar panels installed on the roof of Fairchild Hall. The solar panels are a product from a 2011 capstone project. Jensen is assigned to Cadet Squadron 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Applied 'green' research teaches cadets about ins, outs of renewable energy

Cadet 1st Class Margaret Weingart connects wiring to a vehicle battery in the Air Force Academy's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department April 3, 2012. Weingart and other cadets in her capstone project developed a system to power the vehicle using solar energy from panels on the roof of Fairchild Hall. She is assigned to Cadet Squadron 32. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Commentary

Lt. Col. Kristi Lowenthal

New Command Chief

Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Ludwig

Habitat for Humanity

Cadet 2nd Class Stephen Henderson, of Cadet Squadron 01, puts beams in place on a Habitat for Humanity project in Houston March 27, 2012. Nearly 60 cadets volunteered their time to build homes with Habitat for Humanity in Houston, Santa Fe and Taos, N.M., Oklahoma City, Okla., Kansas City, Mo., and Sheridan, Wyo. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Habitat for Humanity

Cadet 3rd Class Chelsea Renfro, of Cadet Squadron 30, operates a circular saw during the Habitat for Humanity project March 28, 2012. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Raymond Hoy)

Families attend deployment networking event

Capt. Ray Magallanez lifts his daughter, 2-year-old Anleigh, to the basket in the Air Force Academy's Youth Center March 8, 2012, during a deployment networking summit. The event was organized by the Academy's Airmen and Family Readiness Center to build relationships among families of service members who have recently deployed, have deployed or are about to deploy. Magallanez is an instructor in the Academy's Mathematical Sciences Department. (U.S. Air Force photo/Amber Baillie)

Fallen pilot 'has come home'

Dennis Hall salutes the casket of his son, Capt. Ryan Hall, during a funeral service at the Air Force Academy March 12, 2012. The younger Hall was killed Feb. 18 in an aircraft accident near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti. The elder Hall is a 1970 graduate of the Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

Nick Bollettieri discusses how to craft champions

Nick Bollittieri flashes two thumbs up from the cockpit of a glider at the Air Force Academy Airfield Feb. 22, 2012. Bollittieri, who spoke at the Academy's 2012 National Character and Leadership Symposium, is a tennis coach who has developed such players as Andre Agassi and Monica Seles. (U.S. Air Force photo/Raymond McCoy)

10th MDG nurse named Nightingale luminary

Lt. Col. Lisa Cole was named March 3, 2012, as a finalist for the Florence Nightingale Award for the state of Colorado. She is the commander of the 10th Medical Group's Perioperative Services Flight. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

'Flawless' NCLS draws 5,400 attendees

Aron Ralston speaks to an audience in the Air Force Academy's Arnold Hall Theater during the National Character and Leadership Symposium Feb. 24, 2012. Ralston, the subject of the film "127 Hours," amputated his own right arm to save his life after a mountain-climbing accident in Utah in 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Academy honors local stars at awards banquet

Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould (left) and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Salzman, the Academy command chief (right) pose with the Academy’s Airman of the Year, Senior Airman Joseph McIlvaine, during the Academy Awards ceremony at the Falcon Club Feb. 25, 2012. McIlvaine is assigned to the 10th Surgical Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

CLES

Cadet 1st Class Jonathan Kim, of Cadet Squadron 18, participates in a communication exercise during the Commanders Leadership Enrichment Seminar Jan. 21. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Elizabeth Andrews)

AAHM

Satterfield

Cadet candidate goes places with positive attitude

Cadet Candidate Tiheisha Bolles is a native of Hawaii and the daughter of a retired Navy petty officer first class. She said she wants to major in law if she receives an appointment to the Air Force Academy after graduating from the Academy Preparatory School in May. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Tech. Sgt. John Dawson knocks out a saxophone solo during an Air Force Academy Band performance in the Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2011. The performance was part of a resiliency day presentation at the Academy, which also included brief messages by Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Salzman, the Academy's command chief. The resiliency day was directed by Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz after an uptick in suicides in January. Dawson is part of the marching and concert ensembles as well as the Falconaires. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Lt. Gen. Mike Gould speaks to assembled Airmen during a resiliency day presentation in the Air Force Academy's Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2012. The presentation, featuring music by the Air Force Academy Band, focused on ways to rebuild and reinforce social, physical, spiritual and mental fitness. Gould is the Academy superintendent. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy Airmen take break to reinforce resiliency

Master Sgt. Stephen Brannen plays guitar during an Air Force Academy Band performance in the Arnold Hall Theater Jan. 26, 2012. The performance was part of a 45-minute resiliency day presentation at the Academy. Brannen is the NCO in charge of the Academy Band's Wild Blue Country ensemble. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Celebrating King's legacy

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington is pictured in this photo taken on the day of its "soft opening" ceremony Aug. 22, 2011. (National Park Service photo)

Clinic officials clarify enrollment changes at town hall

Retired Maj. Glenn Ferguson and his wife, Janet, attend a 10th Medical Group town hall in the Air Force Academy's Community Center auditorium Jan. 17, 2012. Col. Timothy Ballard, the 10th MDG commander, held the town hall to clarify the Academy's policy change regarding retiree enrollment at the Academy Clinic after they become eligible for Medicare. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)