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  • Long Blue Line' gets longer with winter graduation

    Four new officers were added to the Long Blue Line Dec. 17 at the Academy's fall graduation and commissioning ceremony here.The new Air Force 2nd Lt.'s are Aaron Hall of Duncanville, Texas; Adam McMurray of Huntsville, Ala.; Christopher Morales of Rio Rancho, N.M.; and Michael Husar, Jr. of

  • Commander in Chief's Trophy at the 10th Medical Group until Dec. 22

    The Commander in Chief's Trophy has a new home for the week - the Academy's 10th Medical Group.The trophy is making its rounds around the installation, giving everyone a chance to see it.Senior Master Sgt. James Gray, the 10th Medical Operation Squadron superintendent, says the trophy inspires

  • Dig in, discuss: Cadets weigh-in on Brown, Garner cases

    The evening before the last day of classes, cadets and Academy staff gathered at the Falcon Center to unpack their thoughts and questions surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Eric Garner in Staten Island, N.Y - two unarmed black men killed by white police officers this

  • Academy football recognized for high graduation success rate

    The American Football Coaches Association recently announced the Air Force Academy football program is one of six schools to have a 90 percent graduation success rate throughout the last three years.The Academy is the only service academy, Mountain West Conference school and public institution to be

  • Academy NCO attends Air War College

    An operations flight chief from the 98th Flying Training Squadron is enrolled in Air War College, an Air Force professional military school educating senior officers to serve as strategic national security leaders.Master Sgt. David Siemiet, also a lieutenant colonel in the Civil Air Patrol, said his

  • Former Academy director of faculty research receives Harold Brown Award

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James presented Dr. Donald Erbschloe, the Air Mobility Command chief scientist, with the 2014 Harold Brown Award during a ceremony at the Pentagon, Dec. 9.The Harold Brown Award, established in December of 1968 as a tribute to Dr. Harold Brown, the eighth

  • Cadets adopt local families for Christmas

    Cadets from Squadron 26 here are giving back to the community this holiday season by buying Christmas presents for two local families.The project, coordinated through a national support organization, was organized by Cadet 3rd Class Hayley Weir, CS 26's character officer."I was tasked to find a

  • Academy contracting officer wins DOD-level award

    A contracting officer at the 10th Contracting Squadron here was awarded the 2014 Defense Acquisition Workforce Award for Contracting in an Expeditionary Environment Category during a ceremony at the Pentagon Dec. 9.Department of Defense leaders recognized Matthew McLean for his mission support to

  • An explosive training experience: Fort Carson hosts cadets

    Soldiers from Fort Carson's explosive ordnance disposal company hosted a joint training exercise featuring nine Academy cadets, Nov. 20.Cadets, taking Chemistry 350: Chemistry of Weapons class, trained with Soldiers assigned to the 764th EOD Company."It was a terrific opportunity for the cadets to