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  • DOD notified of OPM cybersecurity incident

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced June 4 that a recent cybersecurity incident affecting its systems and data may have exposed the personal information of current and former federal employees.According to a Defense Department news release, OPM subsequently notified federal government

  • Proud to go beyond the horizon

    As a rural latchkey kid growing up in Iowa in the 1970s, I used to climb on the rooftops of our farm buildings with my German shepherd and look out at the endless horizon beyond the corn fields. You could see the curvature of the earth and just beyond was a world that I yearned to explore. The tough

  • Academy participates in community town hall

    U.S. Air Force Academy and 306th Flying Training Group leadership attended a town hall meeting hosted by the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance to discuss flight training and a joint land use study June 4 at the Classical Academy's east campus.Attendees were given information on the history

  • Academy graduates train for 2016 Olympics

    Every year, thousands of athletes across the world push their physical and emotional limits, nursing themselves through injuries and moments of doubt. The goal? Making it to the Olympics.Five of those athletes are Academy graduates, living and working here at 7,258 foot elevation through the Air

  • SecAF tells Class of 2015 to take on challenges with 'moral courage'

    A total of 840 cadets graduated from the Air Force Academy May 28, 2015, following a commencement address by the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James.Among the newest batch of second lieutenants, 360 will directly attend pilot training, 89 will work in space and cyber space fields, 89

  • SecAF to cadets: 'Lead Us Into The Future'

    Cadets graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy as second lieutenants are entering the profession of arms at a time of unprecedented change and challenges, said Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James to the Class of 2015 May 28, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.Delivering the commencement

  • 2015 graduation by the numbers

    Eight-hundred and forty Air Force Academy cadets graduated May 28 in a ceremony here at Falcon Stadium and became second lieutenants.Just less than 79 percent of those graduates are men and just more than 21 percent are women.The average cumulative GPA for the Academy's Class of 2015 is

  • Outstanding 2015 grad recognized

    A Rhodes and Marshall scholar here upheld her reputation at the Academy as being nothing less than outstanding.Cadet 1st Class Rebecca Esselstein was named the top graduate for the Class of 2015 May 22 at Fairchild Hall by Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson."Rebecca is a standpoint

  • Loose Hawgs remain on top

    Cadet Squadron 34's "Loose Hawgs" continue to reign here, winning Outstanding Squadron of the Year for a second-straight year for their exceptional accomplishments in academics, military performance and athletics.In the fall, CS-34 ranked number one in the Cadet Wing out of 40 squadrons and ranked