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  • 22 Academy NCOs selected for master sgt.

    A total of 22 NCOs here were selected for promotion to master sergeant and induction into the senior NCO corps, Academy officials announced Thursday.The Academy's selection rate of 31.9 percent significantly exceeds the Air Force-wide selection rate of 18.7 percent, according to statistics from the

  • Academy graduate to become first Reserve AOC

    In 1995 Maj. DeAnna Franks attended the Academy in hopes of becoming an Air Force pilot. As a cadet, she studied Behavioral Sciences, competed on the women's swim team and often spent time with her classmates in Cadet Squadron 17, her assigned squadron freshman and sophomore year.Eighteen years

  • AF 7 Summits team scales Everest

    A group of Airmen with the Air Force Seven Summits team, including four Air Force Academy graduates, reached the highest point of the world, Mount Everest (29,035 ft.) just after 5 a.m. local time May 19. The success marks the first time a team of military members from any nation has reached the

  • Hannah Dake wins Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award

    Air Force senior Hannah Dake was named the recipient of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's National Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award for the 2012-13 academic year, May 21.After winning the Mountain Region award last week, Dake was on the national ballot with 11 other regional

  • Prep School to hold parade May 20, graduation May 21

    The Air Force Academy Preparatory School will conduct its graduation parade on Black Memorial Field May 20 at 9 a.m., followed by graduation in the Arnold Hall Theater May 21 at 10 a.m.This year, 173 graduating cadet candidates were offered appointments to the Academy. The candidates have until this

  • Senior grabs first-place prizes at capstone competitions

    Academy cadets relied on their capstone projects to take first-place prizes in three competitions earlier this month and in April.Cadet 1st Class Chelsie Lehmann competed in an elevator pitch competition at the University of North Dakota, April 13. She was given 60 seconds to explain a business plan

  • Cadets earn praise for cyclogyro project

    The Academy's superintendent, dean of the faculty and the Boeing company's executive vice president attended a briefing May 13 at the Aero Lab to recognize cadets from an aircraft design course for their award- winning design of a search and rescue and medical evacuation aircraft for the year

  • Warrior Games 2013: Army claims individual archery medals

    Army Capt. Frank Baroquerio struck dead center in a one-arrow shootoff against the Marines' Matthew Benack to win the individual compound event, 120-119, during the Warrior Games archery competition at Clune Arena May 15."I got to pick my arrow, I got to pick my target. I knew where I was going to

  • Warrior Games 2013: Marines, Army win gold in basketball, volleyball

    Marines took the gold in sitting volleyball, and the Army took gold in wheelchair basketball on Day 4 of the Warrior Games May 15 at Clune Arena.The first basketball game of the evening between the Navy and Marines determined who would play the Army for the gold.The Marines took charge of the game

  • Warrior Games 2013: Air Force wins 11 medals in track and field competition

    Air Force athletes took home one gold, four silver and six bronze medals in the Warrior Games 2013 Track and Field competition at the Academy's Outdoor Track Stadium May 14.Staff Sgt. Lara Ishikawa took first place in the Women's 100 Meter Open Relay, winning the Air Force's gold medal for the day.