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  • Air Force to change instructions for oaths

    The Air Force has instructed force support offices across the service to allow both enlisted members and officers to omit the words “So help me God” from enlistment and officer appointment oaths if an Airman chooses. This has no impact on the Cadet Honor Oath taken by cadets at the U.S. Air Force

  • Academy procurement officials nominated for DOD, Air Force awards

    Several Academy acquisition officials have been nominated to compete for high-level Defense Department and Air Force contracting awards.James Anderson and Matthew McLean, contracting officers at the 10th Contracting Squadron, will compete for DOD-level individual awards; Jessica Niebuhr, also an

  • Academy cadets, Airmen support local community

    Hundreds of Academy cadets and more than a dozen Airmen assigned here volunteered their time to support about 30 local community organizations Sept. 12-13. About 500 upper-class cadets from here served at the Care and Share Food Bank, the Colorado Springs Therapeutic Riding Center, the Dream Power

  • 13 years later: Academy reflects on 9/11 attacks

    Fog rolled across the Academy Sept. 11 as thousands of cadets and Academy leaders gathered at a solemn ceremony to honor the nearly 3,000 victims who lost their lives Sept. 11, 2001.During the event, the Academy remembered 9/11 victims, prisoners of war and those missing in action with the playing

  • Commandant, IG staff discuss 2nd BCT inspection results

    The Air Force Academy inspector general met with Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. Stephen Williams Sept. 2 to discuss the results of an inspection of Basic Cadet Training July 21-Aug. 2.Col. David Kuenzli's team of inspectors observed setup activities for the second phase of BCT, activities on the

  • Academy Airmen nominated for Sijan Award

    Four Academy Airmen have been nominated to receive the 2014 Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award. Lt. Col. Daniel J. Watola, Social Science Division assistant chair, 1st Lt. Camillo Perrotta, 10th Security Forces Squadron, Academy Military Trainers Master Sgt. Debra Sheppard and Tech. Sgt. Jason Jones,

  • Academy tennis coach to represent U.S. at Invictus Games

    The men's tennis coach here who suffered two brainstem strokes a year and a half ago will represent the U.S. at the first-ever Invictus Games Sept. 10 - 14 in London.Oosterhous, a 1993 Academy grad, is one of 22 Airmen selected to participate in the international sporting event at the site of the

  • Air Force Academy ranks high in Best Colleges Ranking report

    The Air Force Academy ranks high among the nation's top universities in engineering and liberal arts courses, according to the 2015 Best Colleges Ranking report released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.Specifically, the Academy has the nation's fifth-best undergraduate engineering program, and

  • 2001 graduate laid to rest at Academy

    A 2001 Air Force Academy graduate and instructor pilot with the 49th Fighter Training Squadron was laid to rest at the Academy Cemetery Sept. 9.Maj. Richard Schafer III, 35, was the chief of standardization and evaluation for the squadron at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.Stephanie Taylor, Schafer's

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a