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  • 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

  • Academy cadets develop leadership skills at BMT

    U.S. Air Force Academy cadets learned first-hand over the past seven weeks how military training instructors develop the Air Force's newest warrior Airmen in basic military training.The 27 cadets in the Summer Leadership Program developed leadership skills by shadowing MTIs in seven BMT squadrons at

  • '67 grad earns Academy's 2012 Distinguished Service Award

    Edward E. Legasey, a 1967 graduate of the Air Force Academy, has been awarded the Academy's 2012 Distinguished Service Award. The award recognizes his outstanding service and unfailing support to the Academy. Lt. Gen.Mike Gould, the Academy superintendent, will present the award during the Parents'

  • Mentoring program aims to encourage diversity

    Twenty-six Academy employees attended a coach mentoring core course on Monday as part of the 2012 Academy Mentoring Program to achieve personal and professional growth, network across the Academy and exchange knowledge and expertise with others.Faculty and staff consisting of civilians, officers and

  • Superintendent prepares cadets, staff for new academic year

    Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould held a series of superintendent's calls Monday and Tuesday in the Arnold Hall Theater here to mentally prepare the Academy's faculty, staff and cadets for the beginning of the 2012-2013 academic year.Classes began Thursday after what Gould called an