U.S. Air Force Academy News

Dec. 7, 2020
AF Academy, Association of Grads announce 2020’s Distinguished Grads

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force Academy and its Association of Graduates announced this year’s Distinguished Graduates, Dec. 4. The Distinguished Graduate Award recognizes exceptional graduates for their extraordinary and significant contributions to the U.S. and their communities.
Dec. 1, 2020
Air Force hits record retention levels, reviews voluntary force management efforts

The Department of the Air Force is seeing its highest retention levels in 20 years, second only to rates recorded shortly after 9/11 in 2002. However, as hundreds of members who were previously planning to retire or separate in 2020 withdrew or delayed their departures amidst COVID-19 concerns, it
Nov. 30, 2020
Academy to host annual deer hunt

The Air Force Academy's Natural Resources office will host an annual deer management-controlled hunt Dec. 5-6 and Dec. 12-13.Personnel from the Academy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Colorado Parks and Wildlife will guide hunters during the event.
Nov. 26, 2020
Academy superintendent celebrates Thanksgiving with cadets

U.S. Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard Clark celebrated Thanksgiving with the Cadet Wing with a full-course holiday meal in Mitchell Hall, prepared by the dining hall’s staff, Nov. 26. The superintendent encouraged cadets and all at the Academy to be thankful for their friends,
Nov. 25, 2020
Air Force Academy cadets earn prestigious scholarships

Two seniors at the Air Force Academy received celebrated international scholarships this week. Cadet 1st Class Aryemis Brown, a humanities and legal studies major, received the Rhodes scholarship, and Cadet 1st Class Emily Berexa, an aeronautical engineering major, received the Holaday scholarship.
Nov. 20, 2020
Air Force Academy's contact tracing program proves vital

To ensure the health and safety of cadets, Airmen and families on base, the Air Force Academy has and continues to stringently apply all health and safety precautions in accordance with local, state and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines. To combat the recent COVID surge in
Nov. 20, 2020
Commissary shopping hours adjusted as health precaution for cadets

To ensure the safety of Air Force Academy cadets, Airmen and families, the base’s commissary hours have been adjusted.
Nov. 18, 2020
Geospatial exercise combines Academy cadets with crime fighting

A two-month exercise involving cadets, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, the U.S. Forest Service and Air Force Academy faculty members, ended Oct. 30 with the shutdown of several fictional Marijuana grow-sites hidden in Jack’s Valley. The exercise was hosted by the Academy’s geospatial
Nov. 12, 2020
Update: Public health emergency extended at Academy until Feb. 9, social gatherings limited to 10 people

The 10th Air Base Wing commander extended the public health emergency declaration at the Air Force Academy through February 9 as the base continues to operate during the nationwide COVID-19 pandemic. Social gatherings at the base are limited to 10 people or less.
Nov. 10, 2020
Academy grad leads CCLD, mentors cadets during uncertain times

Campbell, who is an Academy graduate and now the Director of the Center for Character and Leadership Development, said she believes her training and the exceptional leadership environment in her squadron helped her be successful in that stressful moment.“That was a challenging mission, but it was