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  • Cadets soar into record books

    The cadet cross-country soaring team here earned 26 Soaring Society of America flight badges in 2011 to capture the Robert B. Evans Trophy, beating Penn State University and Embry-Riddle University, which placed second and third, the SSA announced Dec. 30.This is the Academy's seventh-straight

  • Security forces reservist earns 2nd Bronze Star

    A reservist with the 10th Security Forces Squadron received the second Bronze Star Medal of his career during a ceremony at the Combat Arms Training and Maintenance facility here Jan. 6.Maj. Brent McGuire, who works for the squadron in a civilian capacity as a security forces trainer, earned the

  • Toledo edges Air Force in 42-41 shootout

    A failed two-point conversion gave the Toledo Rockets a 42-41 win over Air Force in the Military Bowl Dec. 28.The game was an expected offensive shootout featuring two teams that scored a combined 920 points this season. The two teams gave just that to a national television audience, with 35 points

  • Cadets visit wounded warriors

    Sitting at tables, working with physical therapists, lifting weights, the wounded warriors worked out. Some were alone, while others had family around them. It's Dec. 27 and a quiet day at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center Bethesda's rehabilitation facility. On this day, a few members of

  • Academy adds 4 to Class of 2011

    Four cadets joined the Air Force Academy's Class of 2011 Dec. 14 during a graduation ceremony in Arnold Hall.Joining the Long Blue Line were 2nd Lts. Kenneth Lamendola, Braylon Gurnell, Patrick Hennessey and Alexander Hess.Athletics Director Dr. Hans Mueh delivered the commencement address, filling

  • AFA superintendent invited to join Order of the Sword

    Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould was invited by the Academy's enlisted corps to join the Order of the Sword during an emotional ceremony at the Falcon Club Dec. 13.Chief Master Sgt. Todd Salzman brought the Academy's enlisted Airmen together in the Falcon Club ballroom under the

  • Academy cadet killed in on-base car accident

    An Air Force Academy cadet assigned to Cadet Squadron 20 was killed in a single-car accident on Academy Drive on Dec. 10.Cadet 2nd Class Stephen Williams was a manager for the Air Force Falcons football team and a systems engineering management major."Our Air Force Academy family suffered a tragic

  • Academy superintendent joins local education leaders for panel discussion

    The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council shined a spotlight on education in the United States at a panel discussion Thursday, and the Air Force Academy was well represented.Leading the way as the moderator was Dr. Sky Foerster, the new president of the Springs' World Affairs Council and also the

  • Air Force to remain in Mountain West

    The Air Force Academy will stay in the Mountain West Conference, declining an offer to join the expanding Big East Conference, Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould announced Dec. 7.The Academy was one of several schools courted by the Big East, which extended feelers and formal invitations to