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  • Academy cadet earns Holaday Scholarship to study at Oxford

    An Air Force Academy cadet recently earned a top-level scholarship that will send him to Exeter College at Oxford University in England for two years of graduate study.Cadet 1st Class Bradford Waldie garnered the Alberta Bart Holaday Scholarship and will study abroad to earn a master's degree in

  • AF's 1st female general officer dies

    The first woman to serve as a major general in the Department of Defense and the Air Force passed away Feb. 15.Retired Maj. Gen. Jeanne M. Holm is credited as the single driving force in achieving parity for military women and making them a viable part of the mainstream military.The Portland, Ore.,

  • 44 Falcons named to all-MWC team

    Forty-four Air Force athletes were among 384 student-athletes named to the fall 2009 Academic All-Mountain West Conference team, the MWC's communication division announced Feb. 11.Fall sports include men's and women's cross-country, football, women's soccer and women's volleyball. Student athletes

  • Tuskegee Airman laid to rest

    Lt. Col. Lee Archer, a World War II fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen, was laid to rest in a ceremony held Feb. 12 at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.Active-duty members, retirees and their families gathered at Colonel Archer's final resting place to pay their respects.Among those in

  • 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