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  • DeBerry elected to College Football Hall of Fame

    Former Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, according to an announcement today from the National Football Foundation Board of Directors. DeBerry, along with the other inductees, will be honored at the National Football Foundation's Annual

  • Grad takes Academy experiment into space on Endeavour

    An Air Force Academy graduate piloted the space shuttle Endeavour while carrying an Air Force Academy physics experiment into space just before 7 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, from Cape Canaveral for NASA's STS-134 mission. Piloting the crew of STS-134 is retired Col. Gregory H. Johnson, a 1984

  • Graduation tickets now available

    Approximately 600 free, reserved-seat tickets for the Academy's Class of 2011 Graduation Ceremony on May 25, at 10 a.m., are currently available through the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce. The secretary of the Air Force, Michael B. Donley, will be the

  • Cadet receives Millenium Sword of Friendship award

    The newest name engraved on the Millennium Sword of Friendship in the Pentagon is that of a student at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., who was presented with the 2010 U.S. Air Force Cadet of the Year Award here May 12.During a ceremony hosted by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.

  • Academy dedicates Falcon Circle

    A new chapel officially joined the Air Force Academy's offerings of worship space this week when the Academy dedicated it's new outdoor chapel, Cadet Chapel Falcon Circle. Located on the hilltop between the Academy Visitors Center and the Cadet Chapel, the circle's original purpose was to

  • Marriage workshop teaches skills, dispels myths

    Engaged cadets and cadets in committed relationships took time to explore relationship topics at a marriage preparation and relationship enhancement workshop April 29-30 at the Academy.The workshop began in 2002 when members of the Academy's Behavioral Sciences Department wanted to dispel a myth

  • Power of law, cadet style

    Dozens of Academy cadets on Monday witnessed firsthand the application of the Constitution they will soon swear to protect and defend.The Academy once again this year took part in Law Day, an annual nationwide ritual that dates to the Eisenhower administration. Actively promoted by the American Bar

  • Academy hosts security innovation competition

    The Air Force Academy hosted the fifth annual National Security Innovation competition April 29.Ten teams from universities across the nation, and even one from Canada, presented a new concept or technology with the potential to meet an identifiable national security need before a national panel of

  • Cadets participate in cutting-edge research forum

    One prominent aspect of the cadet experience at the Air Force Academy is the opportunity undergrads have to engage in cutting-edge research.The breadth and depth of that research became evident at the eighth annual Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum, held Saturday at the Academy. The

  • FLEP propels former cadet to dream of law school

    First Lt. Jocelyn Mitnaul sought the law, and both won.A 2007 Air Force Academy graduate, Lieutenant Mitnaul was selected as the only winner of this year's Funded Legal Education Program award, meaning the Air Force will pay her way through law school.The FLEP is a legal program for active-duty