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  • Academy's AF Assistance Fund campaign kicks off

    The Air Force Academy will compete with other Air Force bases to raise money for the 37th-annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, which kicked off at the Academy Monday.The competition is the first of its kind, matching Air Force bases with similar past performances in previous AFAF campaigns,

  • High Country Inn welcomes Hennessy Team

    The Air Force Hennessy Team is scheduled to arrive at the Air Force Academy Feb. 17 to evaluate the High Country Inn Dining Facility on 48 major categories, including food-service management, force readiness support, food quality, employee and customer relations, resource conservation, training and

  • Airmen support space shuttle launch

    Airmen around the United States supported the Monday launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour, providing airspace control, launch support and satellite communications capability for the STS-130 mission.Air Force Academy graduate Col. Terry Virts Jr. is the pilot for the STS-130 mission, which will deliver

  • Air Force secretary to headline NCLS lineup

    The 17th-annual National Character and Leadership Symposium will feature presentations by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and other keynote and concurrent speakers who will gather here Feb. 17-19 with cadets, faculty, Academy alumni, government employees and other university students.This

  • Gymnastics: Falcons tumble to UC Davis

    Despite a pair of event titles from sophomore Jenna Dudley and junior Brittany Dutton, the Air Force women's gymnastics team dropped a 191.575-185.300 decision to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference leader UC Davis Jan. 30 at the Academy.Read the full story.View the slideshow.

  • At the Air Force Academy, it's all about respect

    In the last several days, you've read or heard or seen that the Air Force Academy has established an area for Earth-centered worship. Some of what you read or hear is sensationalized. I want to separate fact from fiction.We made the decision to add a worship area for followers of Earth-centered

  • Tuskegee Airman dies at 90

    A World War II fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen died Jan. 27 at the age of 90. He died of coronary complications at New York Hospital in New York City. Lt. Col. Lee Archer entered the Army in November 1941 and received training as a telegrapher and field network-communications specialist. In

  • Academy Band to share love of swing with Colorado youth

    The U.S. Air Force Academy Band's world class jazz ensemble The Falconaires is bringing some swing to Colorado's Front Range, appearing as guest artists at the Mile High Jazz Festival at Arvada's Ralston Valley High School and at two school performances in Colorado Springs.This year's Mile High Jazz

  • '89 Academy graduate to pilot STS-130 shuttle mission

    A 1989 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy will pilot the STS-130 mission to the International Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor, currently scheduled to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida Feb. 7.Col. Terry Virts Jr., an astronaut, fighter pilot and test pilot with more

  • Clinic unveils 61,000 'new' square feet

    A ribbon cutting at the Academy Clinic Jan. 22 highlighted some 61,000 square feet of new and improved operations throughout the facility's third and fourth floors.The $25-million project allows the 10th Medical Group staff to consolidate several medical services from the Milazzo Community Center