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  • 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

  • Grads react to CIC victory

    For the first time in eight years, the U.S. Air Force Academy claims ownership of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, a symbol of military academy football supremacy. Capts. Joel Buelow and Nathan Olsen were both seniors on the Academy's 2002 CIC winning football team and they shared their thoughts on

  • One cadet's connection to the World Series

    A cadet sits in the Air Force Academy Library. He is leader among his peers, commander of his Cadet Squadron. He faces the terrazzo where classmates and friends pass by under the cold Colorado sunshine. The amount of time until his graduation can be counted in months now, not years. At the same

  • 10th ABW announces Veterans Day hours

    The 10th Air Base Wing released a list Nov. 9 of services that will be closed or have reduced services Veterans Day, Nov. 11.The Barry Goldwater Visitor Center will remain open during normal hours. The High Country Inn Dining Facility near the Community Center will be open to retirees for breakfast

  • Academy honors former department head with professorship

    Senior Air Force Academy leaders joined Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley in honoring a former national security adviser and Academy political science professor during a dinner in Washington, D.C., Oct. 27.The dinner, honoring retired Lt. Gen. Brent Scowcroft, commemorated the establishment

  • Academy firefighters advance at world competition

    Several Air Force Academy firefighters ran seeding runs for World Firefighter Combat Challenge XIX here Nov. 9.Tyler Moran, the newest member of Team USAFA, got a quick burst climbing the tower and burned through the course in 1:34.09 -- nearly 15 seconds faster than his finish in the regional

  • AFA firefighters return to world stage

    Academy Firefighters returned to the world stage to defend their three world titles Nov. 8 at the World Firefighter Combat Challenge XIX in Myrtle Beach, S.C.The Firefighter Combat Challenge is a set course with five events that simulate the physical rigors of battling a working fire that demands a

  • Air Force defeats Army, secures Commander-in-Chief's trophy

    They are the future leaders of the world's strongest military. They dedicate what could be the greatest four years of their lives to honing the skills necessary to guide their Airmen and Soldiers on the field of battle. But for 60 minutes, they are bitter enemies who square off in a rivalry going

  • Academy grads support Antarctica mission

    Active-duty and Reserve Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift wings at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., spent a few days at McMurdo Station in Antarctica and related their experiences to the Defense Department's "Armed with Science" blog recently.Among the officers who traveled to McMurdo Station