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  • Academy responders assist with Beaver Creek Fire

    The Air Force Academy Fire Department joined U.S. Forest Service officials responding to a fire that started Aug. 19 northwest of the Academy.The Academy supported the Forest Service with 13 firefighters over a two-day period to fight the Beaver Creek Fire, Academy Deputy Fire Chief Ken Helgerson

  • Senior journalists from Asia, Pacific visit Air Force Academy

    Seven senior journalists from publications in Asia and the Pacific visited the Air Force Academy Aug. 22 as part of a month-long seminar hosted by the East-West Center.The center's 2011 Senior Journalists' Seminar, which continues through Aug. 27, seeks to bridge gaps between the United States and

  • Exercise Ulchi Freedom Guardian kicks off; '77 Grad helps lead way

    Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2011, a Republic of Korea-United States Combined Forces Command exercise, runs from Aug. 16 - 26, with more than 530,000 military forces taking part. The combined, annual exercise has representation from the Republic of Korea, United States and seven United Nations Command

  • Art that heals: Fairchild Hall exhibit features relics of Vietnam

    Medicine is sometimes referred to as the healing arts. People walking through Fairchild Hall in the next few weeks may gain a more full appreciation of both components of that term.Dr. Carl Bartecchi unveiled his exhibit, "Curing, Caring, and Healing: Vietnam Then and Now," at the Permanent

  • Cadets attend Jewish War Veterans convention

    Two Air Force Academy chaplains and two cadets attended the 116th-annual Jewish War Veterans Convention in Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 9-13 to discuss the Academy's religious respect program and give JWV members some insight into the life of a Jewish cadet here.Jewish Chaplain (Maj.) Joshua Narrowe and

  • Recent grad's astro feats regarded as research crown 'joule'

    Look out, Richard Dean Anderson. There's a new MacGyver in town.His name is 2nd Lt. Michael Trubilla, and a prestigious award is in the 2011 Air Force Academy grad's very near future: Trubilla will receive the Air Force Science and Technology Cadet Research Award at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,

  • Academy course rumbles with footsteps of regional firefighters

    About the only thing missing this weekend at Rumble in the Rockies was a tuxedo-clad Michael Buffer and his patented boxing introduction.But after the presentation of the colors and the national anthem, rumble these competitors did as firefighters from all corners of North America showed the Air

  • Band aids Academy, Air Force outreach mission

    German novelist Berthold Auerbach once wrote, "Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." The Air Force Academy Band uses the power of its music to communicate Air Force core values to listeners across the globe.The Academy Band is one of 12 regional Air Force bands responsible for

  • Foresters’ work to stave off beetle achieves ‘stunning success’

    What's black and light and dreaded all over?For Diane Strohm and her co-workers, the answer is the mountain pine beetle, a tiny creature that is the arboreal equivalent of Attila the Hun.Strohm, a forester and natural resource planner for the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron here, has seen plenty of

  • Aspen gala offers cadets access to political pantheon

    Political science students generally can only fantasize about spending face time with a collection of all-time greats in the field. But for three cadets and an Academy professor, all it took to realize that dream was a weekend trip to Aspen. A special event at the Aspen Institute on Saturday honored