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 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)

Colo. Springs mayor speaks at Hispanic Heritage luncheon

Brig. Gen. Dana Born and Col. Daniel Uribe meet with Colorado Springs Mayor Lionel Rivera after a Hispanic Heritage Luncheon at the Air Force Academy's Falcon Club Oct. 14, 2010. General Born is the Academy's dean of the faculty. Colonel Uribe is the permanent professor and head of the Academy's Department of Foreign Languages. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

Academy hits milestone for new CCLD

Lt. Gen. Mike Gould signs an environmental assessment and finding of no significant impact for construction of a new Center for Character and Leadership Development facility on the Honor Court of the Air Force Academy Oct. 6. The honor court is the future site of construction for the CCLD facility, which will house as many as 65 annual presentations. General Gould is the Academy superintendent; also pictured is 10th Air Base Wing Commander Col. Rick LoCastro, who also signed the FONSI. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)

Top chief discusses training, wingmanship during Academy visit

Cadet 2nd Class Michael O'Kelley, right, talks to Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy about the Air Force Academy's falconry program during a visit to the Academy's mews Oct. 1, 2010. The mews is a special facility designed to house the Academy's 12 falcons, including Aurora, a gyrfalcon and the Academy's current mascot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)