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  • Cadet candidates recognized for academic, character development

    Graduates, parents and distinguished guests gathered for the 2012 Air Force Academy Preparatory School Graduation Tuesday in Arnold Hall Theater to applaud cadet candidates on their pre-Academy achievements. A total of 201 were honored for completion of the school's 10-month program of intense

  • Cadet Fitness Center

    Academy cadets now have a state-of-the-art facility to work out with the grand opening of the new Cadet Fitness Center Wednesday.The 50,000-square-foot center is an addition to the Cadet Gymnasium and is located on the west side of the building. Academy leadership attended the grand opening and

  • Heritage Trail offers lessons on Academy’s history, heroes

    After tourists browse the Academy's Visitor Center and learn about a day in the life of a cadet, their next stop should be the Association of Graduates Heritage Trail, where they can view exquisite memorials of the Academy's history and graduates.The shaded, looped trail outside Doolittle Hall

  • CS-06 cadet earns Air Force honors

    A senior in Cadet Squadron 06 was honored at the Pentagon May 10 as the Air Force's cadet of the year for 2011.Cadet 1st Class Dustin Hayhurst received recognition for demonstrated excellence in military skill, academics and athletics in an Air Force commissioning program during a ceremony hosted by

  • 2012 Jabara award winner named

    An A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot and 2002 Air Force Academy graduate received the 2012 Jabara Award during a ceremony at the Academy May 3.Maj. Joseph Hext received the award for heroism during a sortie supporting U.S. and Afghan forces in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Enduring

  • '76 graduate nominated as next chief of staff

    The commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe has been nominated by the president to succeed Gen. Norton Schwartz as the Air Force chief of staff, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced May 10.Gen. Mark Welsh III will be the 20th chief of staff of the Air Force and, if he is confirmed, will be the

  • Academy grad named to Astronaut Hall of Fame

    Retired Gen. Kevin Chilton was inducted into NASA's Astronaut Hall of Fame during a ceremony Saturday at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Chilton is the former commander of U.S. Strategic Command, a 1976 graduate of the Air Force Academy, the husband of Academy Mobilization Assistant Brig. Gen.

  • Cadet Wing wraps up 1st Polaris Warrior

    Almost a year of cadet training in military field skills culminated Saturday in what Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. Rich Clark called a "boom event."The Polaris Warrior competition featured 10 events themed around skills cadets may need in deployed environments after they graduate."It's a chance

  • Academy to host Warrior Games events

    The Air Force Academy will host a number of events for the Warrior Games April 30 through May 5.The United States Olympic Committee and the Department of Defense host the Warrior Games, an Olympic-style event created in 2010 and open to all wounded, ill and injured military members and veterans.