U.S. Air Force Academy News

Aug. 4, 2021
Academy cadets soar through summer

The 306th Flying Training Group operates one of the Defense Department’s top 10 busiest runways where more than 120 aircraft gain altitude above the Air Force Academy each day.Single-engine aircraft, planes ferrying cadet parachutists, tow-planes and gliders piloted by cadets in Air Education and
July 30, 2021
Update: AF Academy reopens to public Aug 2

The Air Force Academy will open to the public August 2, nearly 17 months after closing to all but official business to safeguard its community during the coronavirus pandemic.
July 28, 2021
Newly named Space Force bases to continue partnership with AF Academy

Cadets commissioning into the Space Force after graduating from the Air Force Academy could find themselves at three new Space Force bases in Colorado Springs.
July 26, 2021
Technology propels military strategy at AF Academy

A $9.5 million project to enhance combat education is slated to be  unveiled at the Air Force Academy by the end of the year.      That project, installing a multi domain laboratory in the military and strategic studies department, will provide extra layers of realism to one of the school’s core
July 19, 2021
AF Academy's summer program takes cadets to Florida

After a year-long hiatus due to COVID-19, the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Summer Program recently returned to the Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Readiness Laboratory at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.
July 9, 2021
Update: Academy grad, AOG volunteer receives Distinguished Service Award

Garry Dudley, a 1968 graduate of the Air Force Academy, received this year's Distinguished Service Award.
July 8, 2021
Academy expands roster of enlisted faculty members

The Air Force Academy’s latest enlisted faculty member will begin teaching cadets this summer.
June 26, 2021
Basic cadet training starts for AF Academy’s class of ‘25

The global COVID-19 pandemic may be on the decline, but the Air Force Academy took no chances when more than 1,100 young men and women reported to the school for basic cadet training, June 24.
June 24, 2021
‘We go together’: AF Academy to send cadets to SKorea for semester

The Republic of Korea air force academy will begin hosting cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy for a semester of study later this year.
June 21, 2021
‘So many moving parts': Academy's field engineering readiness lab concludes summers operations

The top civil engineer at the Air Force Academy was excited to have the school’s field engineering readiness laboratory – FERL – in action May 31-June 19.