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  • The Falconaires and TSgt Crissy Saalborn

    Academy Band to share love of swing with Colorado youth

    The U.S. Air Force Academy Band's world class jazz ensemble The Falconaires is bringing some swing to Colorado's Front Range, appearing as guest artists at the Mile High Jazz Festival at Arvada's Ralston Valley High School and at two school performances in Colorado Springs.This year's Mile High Jazz Festival will take place Feb. 3-5 at Ralston
  • Col. Terry Virts Jr., a 1989 graduate of the Air Force Academy, will pilot the Space Shuttle Endeavour during the STS-130 mission scheduled for Feb. 7, 2010. The mission will be NASA's 32nd to the International Space Station and Colonel Virts' first trip to space. He is an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot and test pilot with more than 3,800 flying hours and 45 combat missions. (NASA photo)

    '89 Academy graduate to pilot STS-130 shuttle mission

    A 1989 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy will pilot the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor, currently scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Feb. 7.Col. Terry Virts Jr., an astronaut, fighter pilot and test pilot with more than 3,800 flying hours in more than 40 different
  • Lt. Gen. Mike Gould (right), Col. Rick LoCastro (left) and Chief Master Sgt. Todd Salzman (center) peek into a newly renovated room in the Academy Clinic Jan. 22. The renovations to 61,000 square feet at the clinic allows the 10th Medical Group to centralize its services and provide better medical care for patients. General Gould is the Academy superintendent; Colonel LoCastro is the 10th Air Base Wing commander, and Chief Salzman is the Academy command chief master sergeant. (U.S. Air Force photo/Johnny Wilson)

    Clinic unveils 61,000 'new' square feet

    A ribbon cutting at the Academy Clinic Jan. 22 highlighted some 61,000 square feet of new and improved operations throughout the facility's third and fourth floors.The $25-million project allows the 10th Medical Group staff to consolidate several medical services from the Milazzo Community Center into the main clinic, said Col. Kenneth Knight, the
  • Matt McShane accepted the head volleyball coach position at the Air Force Academy Tuesday. He previously coached for the University of California Golden Bears. (Golden Bear Sports photo/Kelley Cox)

    Volleyball: Former Cal coach accepts position at Academy

    Matt McShane has agreed to become the head volleyball coach at the Air Force Academy, athletic department officials announced Jan. 26.McShane, recently selected as one of Volleyball Magazine's 10 Best Assistant Coaches, joins the Falcon program after a five-year stint as an assistant coach at Cal. Details of the contract are still being worked and
  • 1st Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte, a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, died May 20 near Kabul, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Academy graduate posthumously honored for intel contributions

    A 2006 Academy graduate was posthumously awarded a National Intelligence Medal for Valor for her efforts to teach Afghan military officials how to gather and interpret military intelligence Jan. 22 here.First Lt. Roslyn L. Schulte died May, 20, 2009, in Afghanistan when a roadside bomb struck her vehicle en route to an intelligence meeting at
  • Tech. Sgt. Brandon Longcrier uses white sage to consecrate a Pagan worship area on the hill overlooking the Cadet Chapel and the Visitor Center at the Air Force Academy just after sunrise on the winter solstice, Dec. 21, 2009. The chapel is scheduled to officially designate the circle as a Pagan chapel during a dedication ceremony in March 2010. Sergeant Longcrier is the Pagan lay leader at the Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Don Branum)

    Academy chapel to add outdoor circle to worship areas

    The Air Force Academy chapel will add a worship area for followers of Earth-centered religions during a dedication ceremony, which is tentatively scheduled to be held at the circle March 10.The circle, located atop the hill overlooking the Cadet Chapel and Visitor Center, will be the latest addition to a collection of worship areas that includes
  • Maj. Stacey Blottiaux places a tracheal breathing tube for a patient while Capt. Russell Wolbers assists during a training scenario at the Air Force Academy Clinic Jan. 18. Major Blottiaux and Captain Wolbers are certified registered nurse anesthetists with the 10th Surgical Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Academy nurse anesthetists 'never miss a beat'

    Certified registered nurse anesthetists from the Air Force Academy Clinic and thousands from across the country will tell America, "We never miss a beat," as they celebrate the 11th-annual National Nurse Anesthetist Week celebration Jan. 24-30. This year's catchphrase, "We never miss a beat," touts the quality of care that nurse anesthetists pride

  • Security forces to crack down on speeding

    Security forces personnel want drivers to go easy on the gas pedal for the new year.Speed enforcement was one of the most significant traffic safety tools for the 10th Security Forces Squadron in 2009, accounting for more than 600 tickets and more than $30,000 in fines, said Bradley Wilson, chief of plans and programs for 10th SFS.Speeders averaged
  • Members of Cadet Squadron 06 hold an auction Jan. 19, 2010, to raise money for Haiti relief efforts. The auction raised more than $2,000, which the squadron will donate to a Combined Federal Campaign-approved relief fund. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Cadet Squadron 06 helps Haitian earthquake victims

    "Bull Six" cadets jumped into action after hearing about the severe earthquake in Haiti Jan. 12 that may have left more than 100,000 people dead. With a can-do spirit, they set about doing their part to help the Caribbean nation that was -- and is -- desperately in need of assistance."We should do something," said Cadet 1st Class Jeff Faulkner,
  • Air Force football coach Troy Calhoun issued a statement Jan. 14, 2010, that he will remain at the Air Force Academy for the 2010 football season, in contrast to rumors that he had accepted a position as head coach for the Tennessee Volunteers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dave Armer)

    Calhoun to remain at Air Force

    Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun released a statement today in response to rumors that he would accept a job with the Tennessee Volunteers. "We are more than grateful and proud to be closely involved with the character building of our cadets and the mission of the United States Air Force Academy," Coach Calhoun said. "We are diligently recruiting
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