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  • Class of 2018 finishes BCT with Acceptance Day Parade

    The Class of 2018 joined the ranks of the Cadet Wing this morning, when basic cadets transitioned to Cadets 4th Class or "doolies" during the Acceptance Parade at the Academy's Stillman Field.One thousand one hundred and forty-seven basics completed five weeks of mental and physical training, where

  • Superintendent addresses upper-class cadets as academic year starts

    Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson met with cadets in the classes of 2015 and 2016, Aug. 4, to welcome them back to the Academy and to discuss how the Academy's leaders intend to make the Academy experience more meaningful in the coming academic years."You guys are the

  • 27 USAFA NCOs inducted into senior NCO corps

    More than two dozen master sergeants here started their weekend with a stately ceremony Friday night at the Falcon Club: official induction into the senior NCO corps.Col. Stacey Hawkins, the 10th Air Base Wing commander, presided over the event. Hawkins and Chief Master Sgt. Max Grindstaff, the

  • USAFA sweeps military combine at Broncos’ stadium

    Eight USAFA members participated in a once-in-a-lifetime experience in an NFL combine-style event at Sports Authority Field, home of the Denver Broncos.Second Lt. Michael Crampton, Athletic Department, Senior Master Sgt. Thomas Welch, Cadet Group 4, Tech. Sgt. Christopher Ryals, 10th Medical Group,

  • 2 graduate in summer ceremony

    The U.S. Air Force's Academy added two new graduates to the "Long Blue Line" today during the summer semester graduation and commissioning ceremony in Fairchild Hall here.At the ceremony, Linnaea Hance and Orlando Saldana received their diplomas and were commissioned as second lieutenants in the

  • Academy honors '06 graduate with Jabara Award

    A 2006 Air Force Academy graduate received the 2014 Col. James Jabara Award for Airmanship during a luncheon ceremony in Doolittle Hall July 31.Capt. Charles Napier received the award from Brig. Gen. Andrew Armacost, the Academy's dean of the faculty, who presented it on behalf of Academy

  • Summer flying programs achieving success despite thunderstorms, setbacks

    Since early June, summer Airmanship training here has been in full swing, allowing 935 cadets to get experience in soaring, powered flight and parachute operations.Under the 306th Flying Training Group, the course completion rate for the Academy's soaring program is near 100 percent, and its number

  • USAFA hosts leadership roundtable with ATF

    The Academy shared its take on character and leadership development with federal law enforcement executives Tuesday at Arnold Hall to inspire them to lead and lift others and enhance mission success. Center for Character and Leadership Development officials hosted a round table discussion with over

  • USAFA reservist takes home national award

    An Air Force Reserve clinical psychologist with the Peak Performance Center here recently received with the 2014 Disabled American Veterans National Commanders Award for the top Veterans Health Administrator.The Air Force core values affect everything Lt. Col. David Tharp does, and he credits them

  • Astro Dept. head to conduct Fulbright fellowship in Singapore

    The permanent professor and head of the Astronautics Department here will travel to Singapore's Nanyang Technological University in August to teach undergraduate courses and conduct research in Nanyang's Satellite Research Centre.Col. Marty France was selected as a Fulbright Scholar in March by the