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  • Academy receives $5 million for indoor athletics facility

    The Air Force Academy received a $5-million contribution March 15 through the USAFA Endowment from 1965 graduate Bart Holaday and his wife, Lynn, toward the construction of a new indoor athletic training facility.The contribution marks the largest gift from a graduate to the Academy in the

  • Academy cadet named Truman Scholar

    A junior with Cadet Squadron 06 was named one of 60 Truman Scholarship recipients in an announcement released by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation Tuesday.Cadet 2nd Class Jennifer Bandi, a native of Winchester, Mass., is the Academy's 16th Truman Scholarship winner. "Cadet Bandi is well

  • Academy awards $215,000 to local education organizations

    The U.S. Air Force Academy Research Office and Chief Scientist Col. Rob Fredell have announced the first recipients of a regional grant award for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics education.The Colorado Consortium for Earth and Space Science Education was awarded $215,000 towards

  • Air Force football schedule announced for 2010

    Ten nationally televised games and visits to Falcon Stadium by league rivals BYU, CSU, Utah and New Mexico and a service academy rival highlight the 2010 Air Force football schedule released today by the Mountain West Conference. The Falcons will play five games on CBS College, three games on The

  • '91 grad to pilot STS-131 mission

    A 1991 graduate of the Air Force Academy will pilot the STS-131 mission to the International Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery, with liftoff currently scheduled for Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.Col. James Dutton said the Air Force Academy played a significant role

  • Air Force leaders expand force management options

    Air Force leaders announced March 25 an expansion of force management measures designed to bring the service closer to its authorized funded end strength. Fewer Airmen than anticipated applied for voluntary programs offered under Phase One of the force management program initiated in November of

  • Academy honored for community service

    Cadets volunteered more than 36,000 hours of community service on more than 2,200 projects during the 2008-2009 academic year, earning the U.S. Air Force Academy a slot on the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by The Corporation for National and Community Service.The

  • 10th MDG: 'Don't miss that appointment'

    The 10th Medical Group wants to reverse an upward trend in the number of patients who miss appointments, the 10th MDG's senior group practice manager said March 9.Missing appointments without canceling them in advance directly affects the number of appointments available to other patients and is

  • Academy golfer wins Pauma Valley tournament

    Senior Tom Whitney (La Quinta, Calif.) notched his first win of the season to lead the Air Force golf team at the Triumph at Pauma Valley, hosted by San Francisco at the par-71, 7,077-yard Pauma Valley Country Club. The Falcons, who shot a three-round score of 917 (+65), placed fifth in the team