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  • Cadet encourages Dallas children to overcome adversity

    Cadet 1st Class Yohance Salimu spoke to children about how he overcame adversity as a homeless teenager and become a U.S. Air Force Academy cadet June 24 at the Dallas Rainbow Days' Kid's University.Rainbow Days is a Dallas-based nonprofit that works to support high-risk children. The organization

  • Academy's water safe, says environmental report

    The water supply at the U.S. Air Force Academy is safe to drink, according to a Consumer Confidence Report published by the 10th Medical Group's Bioenvironmental Office, published June 1.The report contains information about drinking water sources at the installation, along with the amount of

  • 'Stay strong, keep calm': Academy's Class of '19 arrives to begin BCT

    Anticipation hung in the air when more than 1,000 young adults and their families arrived here June 25 to mark the beginning of basic cadet training.Ray and Michelle Antolik of Rochelle, Illinois, stood in the long cadet-processing line outside Doolittle Hall with their daughter, Sarah."I'm ready

  • Hundreds attend Academy's Summer Seminar

    More than 600 high school juniors and seniors took part in the U.S. Air Force Academy Summer Seminar this month to get a taste of cadet life.Air Force officials created the program to help cadet candidates determine if they are ready for the rigors of cadet life, said Lt. Col. Howard Gentry, the

  • Academy Class of 2019 to arrive June 25

    The next class of U.S. Air Force Academy cadets arrives June 25 to begin basic cadet training, the group's initial indoctrination into military service. The basic cadets begin reporting to the Academy at 7 a.m., where they will be introduced to the standards they will be expected to follow during

  • Academy firefighters host fire safety camp

    Nearly 50 children attended the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department's annual Youth Fire Safety Camp at Fire Station 1 June 23.The kids, all eight to 12, learned about fire extinguishers, how and when to dial 911, learned simple fire-fighting techniques and were shown firefighters'

  • Academy cadets visit RAF Mildenhall, gain perspective on Air Force life

    To better understanding the operational Air Force, a group of U.S. Air Force Academy cadets visited Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, in the first half of June 2015.The cadets, all between their sophomore and junior years at the Academy, are given the opportunity to allow them to make an informed

  • Professional TV chef visits Academy

    Professional chef Carla Hall, the cohost of the daytime TV cooking program "The Chew," visited the U.S. Air Force Academy June 23 to give a dozen cadets a cooking lesson in Mitchell Hall.Hall's visit was part of a United Service Organization tour at local military bases, where she gave cooking

  • Summer research:Cadets test use of personal devices at AFSPC work centers

    Two Air Force Academy cadets are working on a summer research project at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, to integrate personal digital devices at U.S. Air Force Space Command.Cadets 1st Class Jed Lyon and Matt Medara are investigating the 'Internet of Things' in Space Command.'"The Internet of

  • New law eliminates state income tax for some active duty Coloradans

    A law signed by Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper will allow some active duty Airmen who list their official home of record as Colorado to return Colorado as their legal residency without being obligated to pay state income taxes for their military pay.The Colorado legislature passed House Bill