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  • Cadets aid crash victim on I-25, use Self Aid Buddy Care

    Two cadets used their Air Force Academy training to aid a man who smashed through a guard rail and slammed into a light pole while traveling south on I-25 in his SUV last month.Cadets 3rd Class Zach Morrow and John Kolbo used their Self Aid Buddy Care training, which all Airmen receive through their

  • Air Force to crack down on privacy violations

    Before you send that email with the office recall roster, stop to ask yourself: Is it secret? Is it safe? To be fair, a recall roster is not the One Ring, but Sauron -- a villain from J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" -- never had to worry about losing network access if he used the Ring

  • USAFA, county emergency responders locate missing hiker

    Academy emergency responders teamed with El Paso County Search and Rescue to locate a 61-year-old man reported missing near the Santa Fe Trail here Nov. 4.When the Academy receives a report of a person believed to be missing on the installation, but their specific location is unknown, El Paso County

  • Falcons upend Black Knights, 42-28

    Air Force fans came to Falcon Stadium Saturday for the Falcons' annual match against Army, but they stayed for the Anthony LaCoste Show.The senior running back from Albany, Ore., ran for three touchdowns, including 73- and 78-yard romps, to give Air Force a decisive 42-28 victory over the Black

  • 'Icy' change in USAFA grounds maintenance contract saves tax dollars

    Academy officials say Airmen and cadets might want to watch their step this winter because starting Nov. 1 contractors will no longer remove ice and snow from sidewalks and other walking surfaces here until it exceeds more than an inch.This stems from a revision in the Academy's Grounds Maintenance

  • Cadet for a Day: 6-year-old joins 'long blue line'

    Aidan Peters is a playful 6-year-old from Colorado Springs. He likes country music star Taylor Swift, video games and Star Wars. His favorite color is blue, he likes Mac and cheese and he's had two open heart surgeries, the result of Tetralogy of Fallot -- a complex congenital heart defect.Due to

  • Grad’s long-lost ring returns to Academy

    The 21st secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne spoke to the Class of '63 Oct. 24 during their 50-year reunion at Arnold Hall here to dedicate a class ring that belonged to his brother Patrick Wynne, a '63 grad who perished in the Vietnam War.Wynne spoke to approximately 250 of Patrick's

  • Academy to hold town hall on airfield operations changes

    The Air Force Academy will hold a town hall in the gymnasium of The Classical Academy, East Campus, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. to discuss recent changes in airfield operations, officials at the Academy said in a press release Oct. 30.Representatives from the Academy and the 306th Flying Training Group, the