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  • Light brigade charges into Fort Carson

    Fort Carson, get ready for the charge of the Christmas light brigade.The Air Force Academy's Cadet Squadron 21 has discovered the secret to building cohesion and morale: brighten the holidays for families missing a loved one because of deployment.The Blackjacks' efforts to spread good cheer at Fort

  • Advice from the vice: Gen. Chandler offers insights to cadets

    The Air Force vice chief of staff visited the Air Force Academy Nov. 12 to share some of his leadership experience with first-class cadets.Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler opened with a brief discussion of the Air Force's role in providing global vigilance, reach and power for the United States, then

  • Academy professor wins national award

    For someone who considers herself just one among an incredible faculty, a professor in the Academy's Department of Political Science was distinguished from her peers by being named one of the U.S. Professors of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education Thursday. Dr. Frances

  • Academy holds religious respect conference

    Leaders from national Christian, Jewish, Freethinker, Earth-Centered and interfaith religious organizations met at the Air Force Academy Monday and Tuesday to discuss how the Academy can best train cadets to respect other faiths, and how to continue to foster an environment that encourages

  • Cadet-built FalconSAT-5 to launch Nov. 19

    Years of work will rocket into orbit when the Academy's latest cadet-built satellite, FalconSAT-5, launches from Kodiak Launch Complex, Alaska, at 6:24 p.m. Mountain Time Nov. 19.The mission, dubbed STP-S26 for the Department of Defense Space Test Program's 26th mission, will carry six small

  • Air Force upsets No. 3 Yale, 4-3

    Air Force scored four unanswered goals in the third period for a 4-3 win over third-ranked Yale in a non-conference college hockey game Nov. 14 in front of a sellout crowd at the Academy's Cadet Ice Arena.Air Force, 3-6 overall, handed Yale its first loss of the season after five straight wins. Yale

  • Academy firefighters win 3 world titles

    Air Force Academy firefighters added three world titles to their trophy collection, this time from the World Firefighter Combat Challenge XIX Nov. 8-13.During the 2010 firefighter challenge season, the Air Force Academy firefighters won first place in three categories: women's relay team, women's

  • Falcons dominate Lobos, 48-23

    Air Force dominated New Mexico with their rushing offense, beating the Lobos 48-23 in the final home game of the season at Falcon Stadium.Senior Day at the Academy proved too much for New Mexico to handle as the Falcons totaled 461 yards to the Lobos' 258 in the crushing defeat, showing why the

  • Academy puts on a show at parade

    Spectators at this year's Veterans Day parade in downtown Colorado Springs witnessed how the Air Force Academy rolls - down Tejon Street in a cadet chapel, of course.The typical "parade right" and "parade left" commands were replaced by parade Tejon. And because top brass wanted the Academy to put

  • Community puts talents on display

    There's just something about the Air Force Academy that nurtures people's flare for the creative.Anyone who thinks otherwise just needed to drop by the Milazzo Center Nov. 3 for the Academy's Artist, Craftsman and Photography Show.Savory refreshments and scintillating artwork awaited visitors, and