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  • Aircrew flight equipment NCO earns medal for accident response

    The NCO in charge of aircrew flight equipment for the 306th Operations Support Squadron received an Air Force Commendation medal from Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould here Feb. 1.Tech. Sgt. Matthew Kurpaski received the medal for his response to a single-car accident in November

  • Consider beauty at Air Force Academy

    Today's economy, coupled with post-holiday bills, may limit opportunities for those on a fixed budget, but the Air Force Academy attracts thousands of tourists from around the world year round, but is often overlooked because it is in our own backyard. Best of all, this attraction offers a variety

  • Academy Airmen, cadets take break for resiliency day

    Most Airmen and cadets here stood down Jan. 26, closing offices and classrooms to hold a resiliency day at the direction of the chief of staff.During a morning presentation in the Arnold Hall Theater featuring music by the Air Force Academy Band, Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould stressed

  • Military trainer ‘STEPs’ up

    An NCO with the Commandant of Cadets staff was surprised with a STEP promotion to master sergeant Tuesday. The Stripes for Exceptional Performers program allows commanders to promote a limited number of Airmen each year, outside the Weighted Airmen Promotion System cycles. This year, USAFA was

  • Rookies rule representing Academy in moot court

    The two-cadet Air Force Academy moot court team is making quite a case to have "beginner's luck" changed to "beginner's skill."After all, luck doesn't explain the precedent-setting feats pulled off by Cadets 1st Class Paulo Dutra and Zack Crippen the past two months. Their participation in two

  • Clinic officials clarify enrollment changes at town hall

    The 10th Medical Group commander held a town hall meeting at the Community Center auditorium here Jan. 17 to answer questions from the retiree community about the medical group's decision not to accept new Tricare Plus enrollments.Those who turned 65 before Jan. 1 and are currently enrolled with the

  • Academy to adopt DBIDS system

    The Air Force Academy will begin using the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS, on Feb. 4.The system has been in use at other Defense Department locations in the U.S. and abroad, including Peterson and Schriever Air Force bases, since 2001.Retirees whose ID cards do not have a bar code

  • Wings of Blue wins national championship, drops into bowl games

    The Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute Team won the 2011 National Collegiate Parachuting Championships, held in Eloy, Ariz., Dec. 28-Jan. 2, and represented the U.S. Air Force at two nationally televised bowl games Dec. 30 and Jan. 4.Wings of Blue bowl game appearances included the Insight Bowl in