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  • Class of '14 graduation tickets now available

    Approximately 600 free, reserved-seat tickets for the Academy's Class of 2014 Graduation Ceremony will be available Friday at locations along the Front Range. Tickets must be picked up in person at one of three locations:· The Business Alliance offices at 102 S. Tejon Street, Suite 430, in Colorado

  • Academy officer nominated to become permanent professor

    Lt. Col. Troy Harting has been nominated as permanent professor of the Academy's department of management.Congress will confirm the nomination in July.Harting, a 1993 Academy graduate, brings academic experience from the fields of Philosophy, Management and Business Administration. As a permanent

  • Cadets compete, work to enhance physical therapy

    Five cadets from the Technological Innovation 419-420 class here competed in the first annual Blue Ocean Enterprises Challenge May 2 at Colorado State University, presenting a design that could make physical therapy more efficient and allow patients to perform accurate movements at home. Over 100

  • Class of '14 votes for its top professors

    Dr. Robert Noyd from the Biology Department and Lt. Col. Brian Payne from the Management Department were selected to receive the Academy's 2014 Heiser Awards. The awards were presented to the winners by Cadet 1st Class Reuben Luoma-Overstreet, the Cadet Wing commander, and Cadet 2nd Class Courtney

  • New commandant of cadets to arrive this summer

    The Cadet Wing is slated to get its first new commandant in two years when Col. Stephen Williams arrives this summer, the Defense Department announced May 8.Williams will take over all responsibilities for cadet training from Maj. Gen. Greg Lengyel, now slated to serve as commander, Special

  • Air Force Defeats Richmond, 13-5 in NCAA Play-In Game

    In front of a crowd of 1,225, the Air Force lacrosse team picked up a 13-5 victory over Richmond in an NCAA Play-in Game held at Falcon Stadium Wednesday evening. The Falcons, with their first-ever NCAA Tournament win, advance to the NCAA First Round to take on top-seed Duke Sunday in Durham, N.C.

  • USAFA honors Tuskegee Airmen

    The Academy gathered in front of the Tuskegee Airmen memorial statue May 8, to honor the sacrifices and service of the first African-American military pilots in the United States armed forces. Academy Airmen, leaders and friends and family of Tuskegee Airmen attended a wreath-laying ceremony, parade

  • Cadets model flash flooding

    Cadets are at work to help Colorado Springs prepare for possible flash flooding in the Douglas Creek Watershed this summer.In the aftermath of the 2012 Waldo Canyon flooding along Douglas Creek has created a myriad of problems for city planners. Colorado Springs Utilities infrastructure is at risk;

  • Screening of Academy documentary announced

    The Academy Association of Graduates will host a feature-length film documentary featuring the Academy 6 p.m., May 21, at the Regal Interquest Stadium 14 movie theater.Filmed over three years, "A Year in the Blue" is the most realistic portrayal of the cadet journey ever filmed, said an AOG news

  • Academy to honor Tuskegee Airmen Thursday

    The Academy will honor the Tuskegee Airmen with a wreath-laying ceremony and a parade 10:30 a.m., Thursday.The Tuskegee Airmen were African-Americans who during a time of segregation in the military, trained at Tuskegee, Ala.By the end of the war, 992 men had graduated from pilot training; 355 were