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  • 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,

  • USAFA, city combines for joint FEMA exercise

    First responders from the Academy, Colorado Springs and El Paso County convened in Colorado Springs late last month for a four-day emergency management course tailored to meet the emergency management needs of the community.The Federal Emergency Management Agency-training included several scenarios:

  • Academy seeks savings through mock energy bill program

    The Air Force Academy's Installations and Mission Support Directorate will send out a second round of mock utility bills in April to raise units' awareness about their energy use.The first round of bills, sent to mission elements here in February, breaks down how facilities across the base spent

  • Protecting personal information

    The Defense Department defines personally identifiable information, or PII, as information that identifies, links or is unique to an individual.PII can distinguish or trace a person's identity or any other information linked or linkable to any specified individual.There were two personally

  • Academy surpasses 2014 Air Force Assistance Fund goal

    This year, the Academy went above and beyond to help provide basic needs to fellow Airmen.For 2014, the Academy surpassed its goal of raising $78, 603 for the Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign by more than 150 percent, bringing in a total of $118,000 in donations to provide food, shelter,

  • Cadet wins American Chemical Society award for polymer research

    A senior cadet here won an award for the best undergraduate research poster from the American Chemical Society's Division of Polymer Chemistry during the Society's national meeting in Dallas March 16-20.Cadet 1st Class Ford Carty's poster was judged best of 31 posters, including some presented by