Academy firefighter to receive national award

Elaine Perkins, a Honolulu native and the station captain for Fire Station 3 at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., was named the 2011 National Image, Inc., Meritorious Service Award winner. She is scheduled to receive the award during a presentation in Los Angeles Sept. 13, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Academy holds panel honoring women's suffrage

Master Sgt. Kelly Links introduces panelists at a Women's Equality Day luncheon at the Air Force Academy Aug. 27, 2012. Panelists were Rep. Crisanta Duran (D-Denver), League of Women Voters President Catherine Perrone and RBI Strategies and Research co-founder Rick Ridder. Other guests of note included Rep. Janak Joshi (R-Colorado Springs) and Lynn Gangone, dean of the University of Denver Women's College. Links is a dental technician with the Academy's 10th Dental Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Mentoring programs aims to encourage diversity

Col. Andy Szmerekovsky and Tina Erzen conduct a short mentoring session during a class on mentoring at the Air Force Academy Aug. 6, 2012. Szmerekovsky is the deputy director of assessment for the Academy's Engineering Mechanics Department. Erzen is assigned to the Commandant of Cadets' Honor Directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

ACC commander visits Air Force Academy

Cadet 1st Class Steven Trochlil discusses aeronautics research with Gen. Mike Hostage during the general's visit to the Air Force Academy Aug. 14, 2012. Hostage, the commander of Air Combat Command, has more than 4,000 flying hours in numerous Air Force aircraft. Trochlil is assigned to Cadet Squadron 04. (U.S. Air Force photo/Raymond McCoy)

Academy librarian accepted into prestigious leadership program

Janice Young, an electronic resources librarian at the Air Force Academy, was selected in June along with 50 other applicants from the Pikes Peak Region to participate in the 2012 Leadership Pikes Peak Signature Program. Young is a native of Las Vegas who taught in Nevada schools and holds a master's degree in education. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Gimbel Collection showcases history of flight

Dr. Mary Elizabeth Ruwell stands in the Gimbel Collection room in the Air Force Academy's McDermott Library July 30, 2012. Ruwell, the chief of special collections for the library, holds a doctorate in American Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in French from Georgetown University. She has worked at the Academy since 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

Front Range bases assist with displacement vouchers

Air Force Academy housing residents wait in line to file vouchers at the Academy Community Center July 9, 2012. Approximately 50 Airmen and civilian employees from the Academy and other local military installations set up a processing line to streamline the voucher application process. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Branum)

10th ABW commander holds town halls

Col. Tim Gibson answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Air Force Academy June 27, 2012. Gibson, the 10th Air Base Wing commander, evacuated families from the Academy's housing areas after the fire tripled in size a day earlier and burned nearly 350 homes south of the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Heritage, history, honor: Former Otis House owner shares memories in book

Buster Cogswell (right) reads from his mother’s historical book written about her famiily’s life and time, while living at the Otis House. The Otis House is now the home of Brig. Gen. Richard Clark (center), his wife, Amy (left) and their two children. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Cadet Wing wraps up 1st Polaris Warrior

Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel speaks with cadets at the conclusion of Polaris Warrior at the Air Force Academy April 28, 2012. Fiel is the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Raymond McCoy)

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)