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  • Air Force automates active-duty assignment notifications

    The Air Force is automating active-duty assignment notifications for Airmen in the ranks of lieutenant colonel and below beginning Jan. 21. Airmen will receive an e-mail notification about their new assignments and have seven days to acknowledge their assignments through the Virtual Military

  • Cadet Chorale to perform at BCS championship

    The Air Force Academy Cadet Chorale is scheduled to perform the National Anthem at the BCS National Championship game prior to kickoff Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz. The Cadet Chorale is composed of men and women from all four cadet classes who represent the Academy through music. Twenty members of the

  • '09 Academy grad named Team USA basketball MVP

    A 2009 Air Force Academy graduate was named the Most Valuable Player for leading Team USA to the 2010 SHAPE International Men's Basketball Championship in Mons, Belgium, Nov. 29-Dec. 4.Second Lt. Matt Holland, who played with the Falcons basketball team from 2006 to 2008, had 14 points in the United

  • Academy to hold private service for fallen '07 graduate

    A graveside service for 2007 Air Force Academy graduate Capt. Martin Anthony Riggan Jr., and his wife, Nicole Riggan, is scheduled to be held Jan. 8 at the Academy Cemetery.The funeral is closed to the public.Both Captain Riggan and his wife died as a result of injuries sustained in a private plane

  • Wings of Blue takes 47 medals at nationals

    The Wings of Blue parachute team might want to consider changing its name to Wings of Gold.Air Force Academy cadets competing at the National Collegiate Parachute Championships in Eloy, Ariz., hauled in 47 medals and won gold in every event they entered save for two. Only a technicality kept the

  • 2007 Academy grad killed in plane crash

    Air Force officials confirmed Dec. 23 the identity of an officer who died Dec. 22 as a result of a civilian aircraft accident near Colorado Springs Airport, Colo.First Lt. Martin Anthony Riggan, 25, of Little Rock, Ark. and his wife died after their Mooney's M20E aircraft crashed east of the runway.

  • Falcons capitalize on turnovers, swat Yellow Jackets, 14-7

    A disciplined offense and tenacious defense sealed Air Force's second consecutive bowl game win and the team's first-ever victory against the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets at the Advocare V100 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La., Dec. 27.Two muffed Georgia Tech punt returns set the stage for the

  • Falcons coach fires up home crowd for Independence Bowl

    The term "home team" will have special meaning to the Airmen of Air Force Global Strike Command when two of the nation's top college football ground attacks take the field in Shreveport, La., for the Independence Bowl Dec. 27.The Air Force Falcons, with the nation's second best rushing game, will

  • Academy Band shares love of music, profession at Midwest Clinic

    Representatives of the Air Force Academy Band spent three days sharing the Academy story through love of music and their military profession at the Midwest Clinic international band and orchestra conference here Dec. 15-17. "The mission is first to tell the good story of the cadets and what we're

  • Santa's new address: No. 1 Santa Claus Lane, North Pole

    The city of North Pole, Alaska, with the assistance of the North Pole Economic Development Corporation, has erected a permanent candy cane marker designating "No. 1 Santa Claus Lane" as the address to which letters to Santa should be addressed.The recent installation of the candy cane marker, along