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  • Taking it to the top: Local Airmen participate in 50 Summits Challenge

    High-altitude airpower was achieved by local adventurous Airmen Sept. 20 who didn't even leave the ground.Airmen from the Air Force Academy and Shriever Air Force Base participated in the 50 Summits Challenge Sept. 20 by climbing Mount Elbert here in Colorado.The challenge is a movement to encourage

  • 10th Medical Group superintendent makes Command Chief Candidate list

    The superintendent of the 10th Medical Group here was placed on the 2014 Command Chief Candidate list Oct. 1.Chief Master Sgt. Stephanie D. Lewis was one of 124 selectees chosen out of 1,059 candidates after being nominated by Col. Stacey T. Hawkins, the 10th Air Base Wing commander, and Col. Walter

  • Academy telescope sites connect Penn State to universe

    The Air Force Academy's Falcon Telescope Network just added Pennsylvania to its international collection of telescopes.The same telescopes cadets use to capture data from satellites shuttling through space will give high school students and Penn State students the chance to learn about the

  • Personnel directorate releases cadets’ rated AFSCs

    The Air Force Academy's Manpower and Personnel Directorate released Air Force specialty code classifications Sept. 16 for cadets who were selected to enter the rated career fields of pilot, combat systems officer, air battle manager or remotely piloted aircraft pilot.Approximately 94 percent of the

  • CSAF visits Air Force Academy to say ‘Thanks’

    Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III arrived at the U.S. Air Force Academy Sept. 29 as part of a week-long stay.General Welsh wanted to take some time to thank Academy Airmen for the part they play here and in the Air Force.  He addressed the legacy of the Academy, the changing

  • Falcons take down Boise State, 28-14

    Seven turnovers spelled doom for the Boise State Broncos in a 28-14 loss to the Air Force Academy Falcons Saturday.The Falcons defense went on an interception shopping spree, taking home five interceptions and adding two fumbles for the defense's strongest performance of the season, said Falcon's

  • Col. ‘Bud’ Day honored as Class of ’17 Exemplar

    The Class of 2017 honored their chosen exemplar during a dinner Sept. 26 in Mitchell Hall here.The Cadet Exemplar Program is an avenue for each Academy class to honor and identify with a past military giant. The selected class exemplar becomes the cadets' honorary class leader, and the namesake and

  • Training and Trust: 2 Academy grads encourage cadets to be servant leaders

    The most stress Lt. Col. Nicole Malachowski experienced in her Air Force career was flying close air support in Iraq in her F-15 Eagle, amid explosions and a torrent of bullets, all the while trying to understand what a young Airman under fire was screaming over the radio.Malachowski, Class of '96,

  • Academy hits conservation target

    In light of October being Energy Action Month, developed by the Department of Energy, Academy mission elements gathered Sept. 23 to discuss energy and utility savings for the year and analyze new efforts here to reduce costs and save energy.From August 2013 - August 2014 the Academy reduced its

  • Cadets get capstone help from local TACPs

    Eleven cadets went to Ft. Carson Sept. 10 to discuss challenges for the battlefield Airmen community for help with the design of their capstone projects.The cadets met with Air Force Tactical Air Control Party members, assigned to the 13th Air Support Operations Squadron, to conduct a customer needs