Cadet Wing accepts Class of 2014

A U-2 Dragon Lady from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., flies above the Air Force Academy Cadet Wing during an Acceptance Day ceremony at the Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 4, 2010. Acceptance marks the transition for the Class of 2014 from basic cadets to fourth-class cadets, or "doolies." (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

Cadet Wing accepts Class of 2014

Cadets 4th Class Nick Gibson and Zack Hoffman look at a letter prior to the start of the Class of 2014's Acceptance Day ceremony at the Academy Aug. 4, 2010. Cadet Gibson is a native of Louisville, Ky., and Cadet Hoffman is a native of Thousand Oaks, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

Cadets, Airmen get 'tattooed'

Members of the Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Demonstration Team meet with visitors to the Royal International Air Tattoo July 17, 2010, at Royal Air Force Fairford, England. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Joseph Valente)

Cadets acquaint Board of Visitors with airmanship programs

Cadet 2nd Class Russell Ahrens of Cadet Squadron 06 gives Susan Schwab a prebrief before taking her on a glider flight at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., July 24, 2010. Cadet Ahrens is an instructor pilot with the soaring airmanship program. Ms. Schwab is a member of the Academy's Board of Visitors, a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland and a former U.S. trade representative. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan)

Cadets acquaint Board of Visitors with airmanship programs

Cadet 1st Class Stephen Pike of Cadet Squadron 21 describes the Air Force Academy's unmanned aerial system airmanship program to Gina Salazar and BJ Barger during the Academy Board of Visitors' tour of the Academy Airfield July 24, 2010. Also pictured is Cadet 2nd Class Travis Potthoff of CS 39. Ms. Salazar, the deputy district director for Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.), attended in the congressman's stead. Ms. Barger is the deputy assistant secretary for force management integration at the Pentagon. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

Cadets acquaint Board of Visitors with airmanship programs

Cadet 1st Class Jonathan Broadbent and Cadet 2nd Class Tony Caliva talk with Gen. Carrol Chandler about the future of unmanned aircraft in the Air Force during a Board of Visitors tour of the Air Force Academy Airfield July 24, 2010. General Chandler, a 1974 Academy graduate, is the Air Force vice chief of staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)