News

  • Searching for the sound: Academy cadet researchers work to end bird strikes

    A group of Academy cadets has flocked together and come up with a noisy proposition: using loud sound to decrease the changes of a bird strike on a plane during takeoff and landing.A bird strike or "BASH" - Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard -- is a collision between an airborne animal and an aircraft, and

  • Cadet-designed system aids stroke victim recovery

    An entrepreneurial collaboration between the Air Force Academy and Penrose-St. Francis Health Services is creating a device to help patients recover their full range of motion after suffering a stroke or injury. The project - called Neumimic - is the result of a partnership between mechanical and

  • Airmen, USAFA leaders discuss force managment at town hall meetings

    Academy leaders hosted two town hall meetings here this week to discuss how the next round of Defense Department-mandated force shaping could affect enlisted and commissioned Airmen.Force-management is the DOD term for sizing its civilian and military staff to fit budget and mission constraints."We

  • USAFA adds 5 to 'Long Blue Line'

    The U.S. Air Force's Academy added five new graduates to the "Long Blue Line' Wednesday morning during the fall semester graduation and commissioning ceremony in Arnold Hall.At the ceremony, David Baska, Spencer Boone, Christopher De La Torre, Adetunji Fisayo and Kaleb Jenkins received their

  • Cadet wins top scholarship

    A senior cadet here was recently awarded one of the most prestigious scholarships bestowed to U.S. college students each year, allowing him to study in England for two years after he graduates from the Academy next spring. Cadet 1st Class Brad Hackert from Thomaston, Conn., was named one of the 2014

  • Cadets hold 'awesome' Scout aviation workshop

    Temperatures here never climbed above 10 degrees Dec. 7, but that didn't matter to young Cameron Baker, one of several Boy Scouts who attended an aviation workshop put together by cadets in Cadet Squadron 17.While most people remarked that it was cold outside, Baker "came back in and said it was

  • USAFA Physics Dept. expands Falcon Telescope network to La Junta

    Researchers at the Air Force Academy 's Department of Physics Center for Space Situational Awareness Research now have new university partners around the globe, thanks to a project combining satellite and educational outreach.Otero Junior College is the first of 12 partners to build an observatory

  • Thunderbirds return for ‘14 graduation

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds released their 2014 demonstration schedule Dec. 9 and it includes a graduation flyover for the Academy's 2014 graduating class.Due to the ongoing government sequestration, the Class of 2013 was not treated to a flyover."This is great news for the Academy, our

  • 2013 Annual Safety Award winners announced

    Four of the Academy's Annual Safety Awards were presented to two individuals, one unit and one group by Lt. Gen. Johnson Dec. 11 in the Superintendent's conference room.The awards recognize outstanding individuals, units and groups for their contribution to the USAFA safety program. Individuals are

  • Cadets brief FalconSAT progress to staff, stakeholders

    Cadets in their senior capstone engineering program are briefing progress on the FalconSAT-6 and FalconSAT-7 spacecraft as well as on-going operations involving FalconSAT-3 today from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.The event, hosted by the Departments of Astronautical Engineering and Physics, is the Fall 2013