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  • Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station Feb. 8, 2010. This was the final scheduled night launch for the space shuttle program. Col. Terry Virts Jr., a 1989 Air Force Academy graduate, is pilot for the STS-130 mission. (NASA photo/Jim Grossmann)

    Airmen support space shuttle launch

    Airmen around the United States supported the Monday launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, providing airspace control, launch support and satellite communications capability for the STS-130 mission.Air Force Academy graduate Col. Terry Virts Jr. is the pilot for the STS-130 mission, which will deliver modules for the International Space

  • Air Force secretary to headline NCLS lineup

    The 17th-annual National Character and Leadership Symposium will feature presentations by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and other keynote and concurrent speakers who will gather here Feb. 17-19 with cadets, faculty, Academy alumni, government employees and other university students.This year's theme is "Guardians of Trust: Leaders in
  • Freshman Tara Harris holds a pose as part of her floor routine during Air Force's women's gymnastics meet against UC Davis at the Air Force Academy's Cadet Gymnasium Jan. 30, 2010. Harris, a native of Gilroy, Calif., scored a career-best 9.275 in the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/J. Rachel Spencer)

    Gymnastics: Falcons tumble to UC Davis

    Despite a pair of event titles from sophomore Jenna Dudley and junior Brittany Dutton, the Air Force women's gymnastics team dropped a 191.575-185.300 decision to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference leader UC Davis Jan. 30 at the Academy.Read the full story.View the slideshow.
  • Lt. Gen. Mike Gould released a statement Feb. 3 regarding religious respect at the Air Force Academy. General Gould is the Academy superintendent. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    At the Air Force Academy, it's all about respect

    In the last several days, you've read or heard or seen that the Air Force Academy has established an area for Earth-centered worship. Some of what you read or hear is sensationalized. I want to separate fact from fiction.We made the decision to add a worship area for followers of Earth-centered religions based on religious rights outlined in the
  • The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site was opened Oct. 11 at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Ala. The site is dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen no longer with us. A memorial for two of the Airmen who passed away recently was recognized and their ashes were sprinkled on the airfield. Moton Field in the 1940s was the only primary flight training facility for the first African American pilot candidates in the Army Air Corps, these pilots are known as the Tuskegee Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Christine Jones)

    Tuskegee Airman dies at 90

    A World War II fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen died Jan. 27 at the age of 90. He died of coronary complications at New York Hospital in New York City. Lt. Col. Lee Archer entered the Army in November 1941 and received training as a telegrapher and field network-communications specialist. In December 1942, he was accepted into aviation cadet
  • 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
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