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  • USAFA hosts Conference of Service Academy Superintendents

    Superintendents, deans of faculty, athletic directors and admission directors from all U.S. service academies gathered here for the annual Conference of Service Academy Superintendents April 9-11 to discuss issues of concern and share best practices. During the plenary session, representatives from

  • Air Force cadets take 2nd place in NSA cyber exercise

    The Air Force Academy took second place at the conclusion of the 14th annual National Security Administration inter-service Cyber Defense Exercise here April 8 - 11."I'm extremely proud of how well our cadets performed during the exercise," said Dr. Martin Carlisle, Director of the Academy Center

  • USAFA hosts Front Range Cycling Classic

    The Falcons Cycling Team hosted racers from 13 colleges and 33 amateur and professional teams for the annual Front Range Cycling Classic here last weekend. Races started early Saturday with collegiate team time trials, a four-person event pitting each team against the clock on a 10-mile course,

  • Home Run! USAFA baseball team visits patients at California hospital

    Falcon Baseball players took a detour during their spring road trip last month to visit patients at the Shriners Hospitals for Children in Sacramento, Calif. The team stopped by the hospital March 24 before competing in a warm-up series against the Sacramento State Hornets. "The chance to visit the

  • Academy cadets work to patent aeronautic advances

    Back in 2012, Lt. Col. A.J. Rolling, assistant aeronautics professor, challenged cadets: take two ideas and turn them into inventions, with patents pending, by the end of the semester. The cadets succeeded, and now the current crop of aerospace majors is busy developing prototypes of patent-pending

  • Falcon football tackles violence prevention training

    Last week, Academy football players participated in a new training initiative that will help them become better leaders on and off the field and to take a stand against sexual assault. Approximately 60 cadets, football coaches and staff participated in the Mentor in Violence Prevention program April

  • Academy, Association of Graduates recognizes distinguished grads

    Two Academy graduates were presented the Association of Graduates' Distinguished Graduate Award April 4 at Mitchell Hall during the Founders Day celebration.Recipients for 2013, A. Bart Holaday, Class of 1965, and retired Gen. William "Bill" Looney III., Class of 1972, were honored for their

  • Prep School fitness program targets improvement

    A new program was set in motion earlier this year to assist Prep School cadet candidates improve their physical fitness test score.The supplemental fitness program is a three-day-per-week program designed to help cadet candidates struggling to pass the Academy's cadet PFT."The program has been

  • The Essence of USAFA

    U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY PUBLICAFFAIRS, Colo. -- What defines an institution's core principles? They're what's left when you cut everything else away.A fiscal year 2015 budget drill, held in the spring of 2013, forced Academy officials to take a close look at what programs fit into the Academy's

  • Academy nurse receives Nightingale luminary award

    The 10th Medical Group's Anesthesia Element Chief was one of six luminaries recently recognized for the 2014 Florence Nightingale Award for Leadership in Clinical Innovation during a banquet in Colorado Springs. Maj. Adeleke Oyemade, a certified registered nurse anesthetist and flight nurse here,