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  • Heritage Weekend: Cadets march to honor Academy history, veterans

    Cadets marched two miles from the cadet area to the Academy Cemetery Nov. 14 in honor of Heritage Weekend, which recognizes Academy history and the Airmen who paved the way.Organized by leaders in the cadet wing, the march incorporated key moments of Academy history, and culminated with cadets

  • Research team wins AMSUS training award

    The Air Force Academy's Clinical Investigation Program team, along with teams from six other medical centers around the Air Force, was named a recipient of the Society of Federal Health Professionals' training and education award in November.The Academy's CIP includes Drs. Don Veverka and Katherine

  • AF to host CSU Nov. 28 for final home game

    Air Force football fans can expect an explosive match between the two top-rated quarterbacks in the Mountain West when Colorado State meets Air Force at Falcon Stadium Nov. 28, but they'll also see fewer cadets in the stands because of the Thanksgiving holiday.Four formations of approximately 50

  • 4 Academy NCOs selected for promotion to chief

    Four Academy NCOs reached the top of the enlisted ladder, the Air Force Personnel Center announced Nov. 20, when it released its latest chief master sergeant-selects list.Academy chief-selects are Senior Master Sgts. Carlos Cordova of the Academy Preparatory School, James Gray of the 10th Medical

  • Commander-In-Chief's Trophy returns to the Academy

    Cadet 3rd Class Aubrey McCabe, Cadet Squadron 10, and Cadet 4th Class Levi Sylvester, CS 08, look at the Commander-In-Chief's Trophy here. The Academy was awarded the trophy when it beat Army 23-6 Nov.1. The trophy represents the institutional pride shared by Academy cadets and staff. It's awarded

  • AF to host CSU Nov. 28 for final home game

    Air Force football fans can expect an explosive match between the two top-rated quarterbacks in the Mountain West when Colorado State meets Air Force at Falcon Stadium Nov. 28, but they'll also see fewer cadets in the stands because of the Thanksgiving holiday.Four formations of approximately 50

  • CCLD skylight to be finished in Jan.

    Despite recent bone-chilling temperatures, construction on the Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development is progressing, as construction crews work six days week to complete the building's steel tower before Dec. 25 and finish the glass skylight in January.Approximately 175,000 man

  • 10th Air Base Wing gets new command chief

    Leadership is nothing new to the 10th Air Base Wing command chief.Chief Master Sgt. Shirley Jones, who took the post in September, spent her 25-year career in the Air Force pushing past boundaries and building up leadership experience."If you stay within your own little bubble, you lose out, your

  • Holiday safety tips for a fire-free holiday

    Lives are disrupted every holiday season by fires caused by inattentive cooking or lack of safety awareness when it comes to using a turkey fryer.Most fires involving turkey fryers occur while the frying oil is heated, so closely watch the temperature of the oil.Safety tips· Keep a dry chemical fire

  • Academy releases non-rated career field selections

    The Air Force Academy's Manpower and Personnel Directorate released statistics Nov. 18 on cadets selected by the Air Force Personnel Center for non-rated Air Force careers.Of the 453 Air Force Academy cadets classified into non-rated career fields, which are career fields not directly related to