Air power on display

Cadet 4th Class Joseph Knutson and other cadets check out an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter at the Air Force Academy Nov. 4, 2011, after a combat search and rescue demonstration conducted by Airmen with the 58th Rescue Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 58th is a geographically separated unit of the 23rd Wing at Moody AFB, Ga. Knutson is assigned to Cadet Squadron 30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)

Air power on display

Tech. Sgt. Jose Mercado (right) and another Airman disembark from their HH-60 Pave Hawk at the Air Force Academy Terrazzo after a combat search and rescue demonstration Nov. 4, 2011. The crew is assigned to the 58th Rescue Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., a geographically separated unit of the 23rd Wing at Moody AFB, Ga. Mercado is a pararescueman with the 58th. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)

Air power on display

Airmen with the 58th Rescue Squadron secure the area beneath an HH-60 Pave Hawk during a combat search and rescue demonstration at the Air Force Academy Nov. 4, 2011. The 58th, based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is a geographically separated unit that reports to the 23rd Wing at Moody AFB, Ga. (U.S. Air Force photo/Liz Copan)

USAFE commander to cadets: Get ready

Gen. Mark Welsh III speaks to Air Force Academy cadets in the Academy's Arnold Hall Theater Nov. 1, 2011. Welsh, the commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe and a 1976 Academy graduate, told cadets they would make a difference as Air Force officers and shared with them what the Air Force would expect after they graduated. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sarah Chambers)

AF Association recognizes Academy chaplain, education program

Air Force Academy Chaplain (Capt.) Chad Zielinski receives the Chaplain Corps Award during the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Monday in National Harbor, Md. S. Sanford Schlitt, chairman of the AFA board, left, presented the award. Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, Academy superintendent (second from right) and Maj. Gen. Cecil Richardson, Air Force chief of chaplains, are also pictured. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Thomas A. Coney)

AF Association recognizes Academy chaplain, education program

Air Force Academy Dean of the Faculty Brig. Gen. Dana Born (center) accepts the Hoyt S. Vandenberg Award for outstanding contribution in aerospace education from S. Sanford Schlitt, chairman of the board of the Air Force Association (left) during the Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 19, 2011, in National Harbor, Md. Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould is also pictured. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Thomas A. Coney)