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  • Air Force to face Toledo in Military Bowl Dec. 28

    Air Force will play Toledo in the 2011 Military Bowl in Washington Dec. 28 at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, NCAA officials announced Dec. 4.ESPN will televise the first meeting between the Falcons, who are in the Mountain West Conference, and the Rockets, who are in the Mid-American

  • Medical missions honor life of late Air Force doctor

    When Mark Backlin decided to start a medical foundation in his wife's memory, he had no clue what he was about to get into. "I didn't know at all how foundations worked or how to raise money. I just decided that's what I was going to do no matter what anybody said," said Backlin, who is a managing

  • NORAD visitors share expertise about Russia

    Thanksgiving weekend means guests, and that theme was extended an extra day by the Academy's Slavic Studies club.On the day cadets returned from Thanksgiving break, the club and its faculty adviser, Dr. Dave Sacko, enjoyed the company of two crosstown guests and discovered something: Their

  • Cadets earn scholarships to study in United Kingdom

    Two senior cadets were offered scholarships to study in the United Kingdom upon their graduation from the Academy next year.Cadets 1st Class Frederick Feigel and Peter Lind were selected for the Marshall program, which finances up to 40 young American scholars of high ability to study for two-year

  • Falcons Finish Season 7-5, Defeat CSU 45-21

    The Air Force Academy Falcons soared to a 45-21 victory on a cold Saturday night here against the Rams of Colorado State University.Saturday's win brings the Falcons to 7-5-0 overall for the 2011 season and bowl eligible for the fifth consecutive year. This is also the first time in school history

  • Air Force Academy earns gold at world firefighter challenge

    Firefighters from the Air Force Academy took home the gold and firefighters from Whiteman AFB, Mo., won the silver medal Saturday at the World Firefighter Combat Challenge XX.The firefighter combat challenge requires maximum effort in minimal time, as it simulates the activities of fighting a

  • Academy cadet receives Rhodes scholarship

    The Cadet Wing's vice commander and a native of the Philadelphia area was announced as one of 32 American Rhodes scholars, The Rhodes Trust announced Nov. 19.Cadet 1st Class Zachary Crippen, of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., will likely leave for Oxford in September after graduating from the Air Force Academy in

  • Falcons roll to 45-17 victory over UNLV

    Air Force's seniors came onto the field of Falcon Stadium tonight knowing they wouldn't set foot on the turf again until graduation day. They made it a night to remember, rolling over the UNLV Rebels 45-17 in the 2011 Seniors Night game Nov. 19.Senior running back Asher Clark accounted for a third

  • Academy firefighters begin world competition

    Air Force Academy firefighters are competing on the world stage this week at the World Firefighter Combat Challenge XX.The competition, which began Monday and continues through Saturday, tests firefighters' skill, fitness, grit and teamwork against the clock. A number of Air Force teams are

  • Wings of Blue wins gold

    Nov. 3 was a good day to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, as the Air Force Wings of Blue Parachute competition team can attest.The squad's "Air Force Inception" team won first place in the intermediate artistic events free-flying competition at the U.S. Parachute Association's National