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  • Four bandsmen selected for promotion

    Four NCOs with the Air Force Academy Band were selected for promotion July 15.Named for promotion to the next higher rank are Senior Master Sgt. John Gohl, Master Sgt. Jerome Oddo and Tech. Sgts. Nancy Poffenbarger and Sarah Balian.Sergeant Gohl, a native of Moorhead, Minn., plays trombone for the

  • Tampa MOAA establishes Joseph D. Helton award

    The Tampa Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America has established an award named after a 2007 Academy graduate who was killed in Iraq Sept. 8, 2009, the MOAA announced July 8.The Joseph D. Helton Jr. Award will honor individuals assigned to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., who have

  • Academy's Airmen ride, march in rodeo parade

    The Air Force Academy's Airmen rode and marched with the Pikes Peak or Bust Rodeo Parade in downtown Colorado Springs, Colo., July 13, 2010. Proceeds from the annual rodeo are donated to each of the four military installations in Colorado Springs.View the slideshow.

  • ROTC cadet recovering after parachute accident

    The ROTC cadet injured while executing a parachute jump at the Air Force Academy June 25 is recovering and now listed in fair and stable condition.Cadet Matthew Pirrello, 20, lost his right leg above the knee as a result of the accident and suffered a double compound fracture in his left leg. Cadet

  • Commandant assignment 'a dream come true' for 1986 graduate

    A 1986 Air Force Academy graduate and B-1 Lancer pilot with more than 4,200 flight hours assumed command of the Academy's Cadet Wing in a ceremony July 9.Brig. Gen. Richard Clark succeeds Brig. Gen. Sam Cox, who has been selected for reassignment as commander of Air Mobility Command's 618th Tanker

  • Falcons' Tom Whitney named Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America scholar

    Air Force golfer Tom Whitney has been named a Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholar for the 2009-10 season, as announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America July 8. Whitney, a native of La Quinta, Calif., who also received the honor in 2008-09, becomes the Falcons' first two-time

  • Superintendent participates in Biennial of the Americas roundtable

    Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Mike Gould took part in a 12-person roundtable discussion on education during the Biennial of the Americas summit in Denver July 6.The discussion focused on how to narrow the achievement gap for minorities throughout the Western Hemisphere.Other participants

  • Academy graduate dies from wounds following Pave Hawk crash

    An Air Force Academy graduate died July 2, following injuries received from an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter that crashed in southeastern Afghanistan June 9.Capt. David Wisniewski, 31, was an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot assigned to the 66th Rescue Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, and

  • ROTC cadet injured in parachute accident

    An ROTC cadet was injured here June 25 while executing a parachute jump at the Air Force Academy.The cadet is attending a summer parachute training program. He has been transported on a Flight for Life helicopter to Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs.The next of kin have been notified.More details

  • Basic cadets take oaths, begin training

    The 1,274-strong Class of 2014 began its first full day of military training June 25 with a swearing-in ceremony as parents watched from an overlook near the Cadet Chapel.Brig. Gen. Sam Cox, the Academy's commandant of cadets, administered the oath. General Cox is in charge of military training for