News

  • Economic impact of new cadets on local community tops $2M

    The arrival of the Class of 2017 on June 27, along with the arrival of cadet-candidates at the Academy's Prep School on July 17, will add more than $2 million to the local economy.When all the figures are added up, the estimated 4,170 visiting family members, relatives and friends of cadets and

  • Academy, community encourage flood preparation

    Officials at the Air Force Academy and the surrounding community are asking residents on the west side of El Paso County to educate themselves on the risks of flooding to their homes in the wake of a flood that severely damaged at least three houses in Manitou Springs July 1.Low-lying areas of the

  • Academy water report released

    Academy members can get inside knowledge on the water they drink from the 2013 Drinking Water Quality Report distributed here last week.Bioenvironmental Engineering released the annual report June 28 to inform Academy employees and residents on the water quality and services Colorado Springs

  • AF resumes PCS moves to Colo. Springs bases

    Permanent change of station and temporary duty assignments to Peterson Air Force Base, Schriever AFB, Cheyenne Mountain Air Station and the U.S. Air Force Academy have been restored, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced June 18.A stop movement order, requested by the Air Force Space

  • Academy firefighters step up efforts to combat Black Forest blaze

    Sixteen firefighters and five vehicles from the Air Force Academy Fire Department joined up with their counterparts from Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases, Fort Carson's 4th Infantry Division, the Colorado National Guard and local community agencies to battle a fire in Black Forest that has

  • Academy stands up resources for families affected by wildfire

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center here activated its Emergency Family Assistance Control Center Thursday at Building 6248 in response to the Black Forest Fire.Families affected by the fire can contact the EFACC at 333-3444, 333-3445 or 800-379-1455.The EFACC, open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.,

  • Local bases support Black Forest Fire efforts

    In accordance with an agreement with Black Forest, an incident management team of nine firefighters and two fire trucks from the Air Force Academy has deployed to fight the Black Forest Fire in northeast Colorado Springs.The effort to contain the fire, which consumed 7,500 acres June 11, involves

  • Fire on Academy grounds is 50-percent contained

    A one-half acre fire that broke out in Jacks Valley in the northern part of the Air Force Academy is 50 percent contained as of 11 a.m. Mountain Time. No structures are threatened and no one has been injured. The cause is unknown at this time. Fire crews from the Academy, Tri-Lakes, El Paso County