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  • Academy to begin AFNet migration Dec. 5

    Airmen who use computers on the Air Force Academy's "dot-mil" network should expect changes when the 10th Communications Squadron here migrates to the Air Force Network in early December, the squadron's project manager said Oct. 6. The migration will not directly affect users on the Academy's

  • Cadets help youths learn about Arab Spring

    With its usual assist from the Air Force Academy, the Colorado Springs World Affairs Council's annual high school symposium drew a record turnout this year.More than 450 students from Springs-area high schools filled the auditorium at Colorado College at the end of September for a slate of

  • Academy receives Colo. environmental award

    The Air Force Academy received a Colorado Environmental Leadership Program Gold Leader award from the Colorado Public Health and Environment Department at a ceremony in Denver Oct. 4.The Gold Leader awards recognize institutions that have fully operational, facility-specific environmental management

  • Fighting Irish down Falcons 59-33

    Air Force discovered just how hard the Irish could fight as Notre Dame trounced the Falcons Saturday at Notre Dame Stadium. While the offense had glimmers of excellence, the defense proved to be porous against the Irish offense as they gave up almost 600 yards in the 59-33 defeat.Notre Dame took the

  • Service academies’ deans drop in, tune in for annual get-together

    he annual military service academy deans' conference this week, providing an opportunity for all five U.S. service academies to get together and talk shop. Air Force Academy Dean of the Faculty Brig. Gen. Dana Born oversaw the Deans AFlight Conference program, which allowed the attendees to discuss

  • Newest Aces honored at Heritage House

    Twenty-two cadets were recognized for academic excellence at a Dean's Aces dinner Sept. 28 for achieving perfect 4.0 academic GPAs during the Spring 2011 semester.The tradition of the Dean's Aces Dinner began in April 2005 to recognize those few cadets who achieve something nearly impossible in the

  • Cadets receive master, senior cyberwarfare badges

    The Academy's dean of the faculty presented the Air Force Academy's first senior and master cyberwarfare badges to nine cadets during a faculty council meeting here Sept. 26.Brig. Gen. Dana Born presented the wings to:- Cadet 1st Class Jordan Keefer, Cadet Squadron 37- Cadet 1st Class Chris Shields,

  • Cadet cyber team competes on world stage

    A team of eight cadets placed third among 45 U.S. undergraduate schools in the qualifying round of an online capture-the-flag competition Sept. 23-25 hosted by the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, making the team eligible for the finals in New York City next month.While "capture the

  • Cadets perform flood relief work in South Dakota

    Sandbags and flood debris made for a tiring and muddy two days off for approximately 150 Air Force Academy cadets Sept. 29 through Oct. 2.The cadets travelled to South Dakota to spend the weekend participating in a flood cleanup operation as part of the Academy's Cadet Service Learning program. The