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  • 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

  • Academy to host Native American consultation

    The 10th Air Base Wing commander will host representatives from up to 14 Native American tribes Aug. 9-11 as part of a consultation to develop memoranda of understanding among the Academy and the tribes.Col. Thomas Gibson, in his role as host for the nation-to-nation talks, will formally welcome

  • Aeronautics professor tops field in STEM mentorship

    The Air Force Academy's STEM initiative is now in full flower, and the efforts of its primary contributor, Dr. William Crisler, are coming up roses. Now Crisler is about to assume the spotlight and be honored for his success in inspiring children and teens to take an interest in science, technology,

  • Research labs stretch minds

    The Air Force Academy apparently puts considerable credence in a certain saying that involves idle minds and a workshop.That might explain why more than 150 of its sharpest minds are anything but idle during the quietest interval in the academic year. There is no shortage of options for cadets to

  • Cadet Wing accepts Class of 2015

    The Air Force Academy's Cadet Wing formally absorbed the Class of 2015 into its fold during the annual Acceptance Day Parade here Aug. 3.During the ceremony, basic cadets received copies of "Contrails" from their legacy class, the Class of 1975. They swore the Academy's Honor Oath before exchanging

  • Long Blue Line adds 9 more graduates

    The Class of 2011 added nine new graduates to its ranks July 29 to wrap up the summer session's graduation and commissioning ceremony. Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, the guest speaker for the ceremony, presented the diplomas to the new graduates, along with Brig. Gen. Dana

  • 1998 grad earns 19th Air Medal

    Maj. Josh Brown thinks records are made to be broken. A KC-135 pilot deployed here, Brown flew his final combat sortie for this deployment July 30, qualifying him to receive the 18th oak leaf cluster for his Air Medal. Currently, the next highest awardees in the KC-135 Stratotanker each have 15

  • Academy sponsors annual Retiree Appreciation Day

    According to the Pennsylvania Dutch, we get too soon old and too late smart.Airmen here believe they can help remedy that problem, which is one of several reasons they maintained the annual tradition of Retiree Appreciation Day with an event in the Arnold Hall ballroom July 23.Senior Master Sgt.

  • Academy officials treating sick cadets, staff for stomach flu

    Health professionals here announced July 26 that they are currently caring for approximately 240 cadets and active-duty personnel exhibiting symptoms of viral gastroenteritis, or viral stomach flu.No one has been hospitalized to date for the infections, said Maj. (Dr.) Ruth German, a flight surgeon