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  • 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

  • Academy adds 6 to Class of 2010

    Six cadets joined the ranks of the Air Force Academy's Class of 2010 during a graduation ceremony in the Arnold Hall Ballroom Wednesday.Graduating are Mikhail Fedorchik, Matthew Haxton, Andrew Herzog, Sean Lipkin, Benjamin Scroggins and a cadet from Afghanistan who cannot be identified to protect

  • 'In the Stairwell' performs live on local TV

    Cadet singers with the cadet a cappella group "In the Stairwell" performed live for all Southern Colorado today, with an appearance on KKTV's mid-morning news program.This is the second year that In the Stairwell, an unofficial cadet club that performs in the local community, has appeared on live

  • AFIT seeks NCOs for degree program

    Air Force Institute of Technology officials are offering six noncommissioned officers the opportunity to pursue an advanced science, engineering or management degree at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The six NCOs will be selected in February to attend the Enlisted-to-AFIT program for

  • Board of Visitors to meet in Washington Dec. 10

    The Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors is scheduled to meet in Washington Dec. 10 in the U.S. Capitol Building Visitor Center, Main Conference Room. The purpose of this meeting is to review morale and discipline, social climate, curriculum, instruction physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic

  • Falcons to face Ga. Tech in Independence Bowl

    Air Force will play the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the 2010 AdvoCare V100 Independence Bowl on Monday, Dec. 27 at 4 p.m. on ESPN2 at Independence Stadium, bowl officials announced Dec. 5.Air Force and Georgia Tech will meet for the fourth time in the schools' history, with the last meeting in

  • Air Force's Calhoun named a finalist for Joe Paterno Award

    Air Force football head coach Troy Calhoun was named one of four finalists for the inaugural Joseph V. Paterno Coach of the Year Award, announced by Maxwell Football Club president Ron Jaworski Dec. 6.The other finalists are Frank Beamer of Virginia Tech, Pat Fitzgerald of Northwestern and Chris

  • Air Force unveils new travel card system

    The Air Force will distribute new Citibank controlled spend account, or CSA, government travel cards from now through spring 2011, officials here said Dec. 1.Issuance of the CSA card for use in conjunction with temporary-duty assignments, permanent change of station or deployment orders follows an

  • Academy cadet named best in Air Force

    An Air Force Academy cadet assigned to Cadet Squadron 05 was named the Air Force's cadet of the year Dec. 1.Cadet 1st Class Christopher McCool was recognized for his outstanding academic, athletic and military performance.Cadet McCool is in the top 5 percent of his class academically, in the top 4