U.S. Air Force Academy News

April 11, 2022
Elon Musk urges cadet researchers to keep innovating, make rocket launches ‘boring’

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk motivated cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy to keep the research industry on its toes by fighting complacency and working overtime to break boundaries. “We want to take the fiction out of science fiction,” Musk told throngs of cadets during his April 7 stopover at the school.
April 6, 2022
DOD’s chief experience officer sees Academy benchmarks in improving IT for Airmen, Guardians

A top technology official at the Air Force Academy said the school is an “incubator of IT capabilities” that could benefit the entire Air Force and Space Force in using and managing its IT infrastructure.
March 30, 2022
U.S. Air Force Academy pays tribute to beloved 10th Superintendent, Lt. Gen. Scott

Lt. Gen. Winfield W. “Skip” Scott Jr., the 10th superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, was laid to rest with military honors at the Academy Cemetery March 29 after a funeral mass at St. Peter Catholic Church in Monument and a committal service at the school’s memorial pavilion.
March 21, 2022
Academy cadets team up with Air Force's Office of Scientific Research to improve hypersonic systems

Researchers at the Air Force Academy and the service’s Office of Scientific Research say an experimental rocket launch will help the Air Force design air and space craft better able to withstand heat and turbulence at hypersonic speeds.
March 16, 2022
Cadets close out Recognition challenges at AF Academy

Freshmen at the Air Force Academy brought Recognition to a close March 12 with “Run to the Rock,” a trek to Cathedral Rock.
March 11, 2022
AF Academy’s top former enlisted role model for cadets retires

Bob Vasquez, a retired chief master sergeant popular with cadets at the Air Force Academy, retired from his position as the Cadet wing’s curriculum branch manager, Feb. 28.
Feb. 24, 2022
AF Academy’s 2022 National Character and Leadership Symposium focuses on human dignity, respect

The superintendent of the Air Force Academy gives the opening remarks at the 2022 National Character and Leadership Symposium
Feb. 17, 2022
Cadets score in collegiate recycling competition

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Falcon sports fans got a “twofer” at a mens' basketball home game this month when geospatial science majors hosted a recycling campaign in Clune Arena.Senior cadets Shahana Gray, Boreth Peck, Justin Wilmoth and Morgan Ustick competed in Campus Race to Zero Waste, a
Feb. 4, 2022
Academy Symposium focuses on Ethics, Respect for Human Dignity

The 29th Annual National Character and Leadership Symposium Feb. 24 and 25 features nationally known speakers sharing unique insight on ethics and respect for human dignity, the 2022 symposium theme. Speakers include Dr. Ben Carson, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Simon
Dec. 22, 2021
Air Force Academy grad embraces new NASA role, future of spaceflight

Kelvin Manning has served in several critical roles in his nearly 30 years at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. He was the Florida spaceport’s associate director for more than a decade. He also held multiple key positions within the Space Shuttle Program, was the first division chief for the agency’s