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  • USAFA uses Ambassador Program to inform prospective cadets

    Twenty-eight Academy cadets are taking part in the Academy Ambassadors program, giving high school students and their families a slice of cadet life.The program overseen and managed by the Admissions Directorate, gives prospective cadets the chance to meet current cadets, and is similar to campus

  • ‘A second family’: Class of 1959 celebrates their 55th reunion

    Academy graduates traded handshakes, hugs and stories about their shared Academy experience during the Class of '59 reunion here June 16 - 20. During this Reunion Week, scheduled every five years, the group of about 80 graduates visited cadets, attended a wing briefing, toured the Academy and paid

  • USAFA's Summer Sports Camp is in full swing

    The Academy's 34 consecutive Summer Sports Camp is underway through July 4.Overall, the camp will have offered 20 regular camps, and 10 specialty camps, said camp official Nick Kiger.At least 3,000 children 8 - 18 are expected to attend and train a variety of sports with Air Force Division 1

  • Cadets participate in annual FERL training

    Dozens of Civil Engineering 251 cadets are training now through June 20 at the the Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory in Jacks Valley.The annual lab trains cadets in heavy equipment, constructing homes, surveying, pouring concrete and asphalt, carpentry and more. Hands-on activities include

  • Spring sees rise in bear sightings

    A recent rise in bear sightings at the Academy can be stopped if families living in base housing took a few precautions, an installation official said. "Nothing makes a hungry bear happier than finding open trash can in base housing, but consuming garbage and human food has the potential to kill

  • Harnessing the power of the grid

    Academy experts say Smart Grids could shave nearly 20 percent off power companies' peak load as they gain popularity.The Smart Grid Energy Research Group at the U.S. Air Force Academy is working to make smart grids impervious to cyber-attacks while maintaining their power supply during bad weather.

  • 10th CES saves with energy saving initiatives, education

    Editor's note: This is the concluding feature in a two-part series showing how Academy units save tax-dollars in an era of fiscal constraints.In keeping with Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer's Every Dollar Counts campaign to change the culture and mindset of all Airmen, creating cost saving

  • Gate hours to change July 1

    The 10th Security Forces Squadron will implement changes to several manned gates throughout the installation beginning July 1 as a result of ongoing manpower reductions across the Air Force.The biggest change will be to North Gate operations and could have an impact on the general public as well as

  • 2014 graduation by the numbers

    A total of 995 cadets officially became second lieutenants when they graduated from the Academy May 28.Just more than 76 percent of graduates are men; just less than 24 percent are women.The average cumulative GPA for the class of 2014 was 2.98.Of these graduates, 150 were Eagle Scouts, 261 were Boy