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  • Cadet pronounced dead by coroner

    An Air Force Academy cadet passed away April 2 here.The cadet was found with injuries in his dormitory and emergency medical personnel responded. He was pronounced dead here at 3:43 p.m. by the El Paso County Coroner.Next of kin have been notified and the incident is under investigation. Defense

  • Cadet Wing's fall 2015 leaders announced

    The Cadet Wing leadership for the Fall 2015 semester was announced on the Staff Tower March 30 by Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. Stephen Williams.Cadet 2nd Class Mark Caldwell will serve as Cadet Wing commander, with Cadet 2nd Class Matthew Sprague serving as the wing's vice commander and Cadet 2nd

  • Former STRATCOM commander, astronaut visits Academy Prep School

    The highest ranking U.S. military astronaut shared lessons from his first trip to space with Prep School students here March 30.Retired Gen. Kevin Chilton, a distinguished Academy graduate and former commander of U.S. Strategic Command, spent 11 years of his military career as an astronaut. He said

  • Academy cadets accept U.S. flags for retirement

    The Air Force Academy Cadet Honor Guard is accepting damaged U.S flags for disposal in a respectful manner from the local community April 4, 5 and 12, noon to 4 p.m., at Arnold Hall here.Visitors bringing flags for retirement can enter the Academy through the North Gate, at Exit 156 off I-25, and

  • New athletic director steps in

    The Air Force Academy's 11th athletic director introduced himself to the Cadet Wing during a brief ceremony at the staff tower in Mitchell Hall March 30.Jim Knowlton was the director of athletics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., before joining the Academy's Athletic Department

  • Cadets assist with Okla. tornado cleanup

    Spring break community service turned into a cleanup effort for 15 Air Force Academy cadets after a tornado touched down here March 25.The cadets were building homes with Habitat for Humanity as part of their alternative spring break program in the small community near Oklahoma City, when a tornado

  • Excellence in action: 10th FSS wins prestigious Eubank Award

    The 10th Force Support Squadron here has been named the best in the Air Force after winning the 2014 Maj. Gen. Eugene L. Eubank Award last week.The 10th Force Support Squadron competed against 37 other bases to receive the accolade, recognizing the best small installation force support squadron in

  • Community service:Cadets spend spring break supporting Iowa community

    Spring break presented the sounds of drills, saws, hammers and even the occasional snowflake for 10 Air Force Academy cadets March 24.The cadets are among 60 cadets giving up their spring break to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity here and in in Houston, El Paso, Texas, Montrose, Colo., Oklahoma

  • Air Force mourns loss of 9th chief master sgt. of the Air Force

    The ninth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James C. Binnicker passed away March 21 in Calhoun, Ga.Binnicker was born in Orangeburg, S.C., on July 23, 1938. He was a leader and an Airman from the day he first joined the Civil Air Patrol as a high school freshman. His childhood dream was to become a