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  • Commandant, command chief ask enlisted Airmen to act as role models

    The Academy's commandant of cadets, command chief master sergeant and two junior enlisted airmen spoke to enlisted airmen on wingman ship, communication and how to be a role model here Sept. 4 during an enlisted call in Arnold Hall Theater.Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. Gregory Lengyel opened the

  • Cadets, staff to volunteer at 'Race for the Cure'

    More than 100 Air Force Academy cadets and staff members will take part as volunteers and runners for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure events Saturday and Sunday at Garden of the Gods Park in western Colorado Springs.Academy volunteers, organized primarily through Cadet Squadron 11, comprise roughly

  • Academy helps community heal from Waldo Canyon fire

    Nearly 345 cadets, faculty and staff members helped Mountain Shadows residents cut, gather, haul and stack organic slash, branches, deadfall and some burned trees and limbs during the community's semi-annual "Chipper Event" for fire mitigation Sunday.Academy volunteers worked with Academy School

  • Academy holds panel honoring women's suffrage

    A Colorado state representative, the state's League of Women Voters president and the co-founder of a political polling firm came to the Air Force Academy on Monday to discuss the importance of women's suffrage and the need for informed voters as election season approaches.The panel, comprising

  • Heritage to Horizons Assembly beckons former permanent professors

    Retired permanent professors and deans of the faculty returned to the Air Force Academy for the biennial "Heritage to Horizons" Education Assembly Thursday and today.First held in 2006, Heritage to Horizons has grown through the years, with 2012 marking the largest gathering of retired permanent

  • Superintendent aims to cut $5.2 million from TDY budget

    Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould has asked units on base to cut non-mission-essential travel from their Fiscal Year 2013 budgets toward a goal of reducing the Academy's Fiscal Year 2013 temporary duty travel costs by more than $5 million. Units' travel activities must be

  • Academy 'all in' at weekend airshow

    Cadets from the Academy's Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Outreach Club will join their flying and jumping classmates at the Rocky Mountain Airshow in north Denver Aug. 24-26.The airshow, held by Colorado Sport Aviation at the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, will also include

  • Academy releases survey results

    The Air Force Manpower Agency recently completed an Air Force Academy climate survey for all cadets and permanent party at the Air Force Academy.While participation numbers for this survey were lower than in years past, Academy leadership will use the results with other surveys and performance data

  • Welsh 'humbled' to serve as 20th AF chief of staff

    The 20th chief of staff of the Air Force accepted the service's flag in a ceremony here Aug. 10.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected throughout the Air