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  • Etiquette key to decorum, graciousness

    Everybody thinks it's all about rules, Shawna Schuh told cadets about during her visit here April 24 as part of the Academy's social decorum curriculum instituted this year, but it's really more about a philosophy. "True etiquette, or graciousness, is not about you. It's about others," she said. "It

  • Prep school inducts two into Hall of Fame

    The Preparatory School honored two of its graduates with induction into the school's Hall of Fame during ceremonies Monday in the Community Center theater. Honorees were Thomas Boettcher, Prep School Class of 1962 and Academy Class of 1967, and Lt. Col. Kevin Shea, Prep School Class of 1985 and

  • Academy medical officials monitor H1N1 flu outbreak

    With concern over the swine flu outbreak around North America, Academy medical officials are closely monitoring the situation, prepared to protect the population if the outbreak spreads to the local area. If the swine flu continues to spread, health officials may take further actions such as closing

  • John Glenn receives White national defense award

    Retired Marine, test pilot, astronaut and four-term U.S. Sen. John H. Glenn Jr. was honored April 22 as the recipient of the 2008 Thomas D. White National Defense Award.Named in honor of Gen. Thomas Dresser White, former Air Force chief of staff, it is presented annually to a U.S. citizen who has

  • Chief McKinley engages with Academy Airmen

    The 15th chief master sergeant of the Air Force visited the Air Force Academy April 2 to provide a leadership perspective to the graduating Class of 2009 and cadet candidates. This was the second such visit for the Air Force's top enlisted member, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J.

  • An Academy family affair, times four

    It was Victoria, the oldest of the four Leake sisters and now a captain, who first blazed the path to the Academy for the rest of her sisters.Now Cadet 2nd Class Meredith Leake was in middle school when she left."It was the coolest thing," said the cadet.Another elder sister, 2nd Lt. Blair Leake,

  • Falcons have everything to prove

    Unlike previous seasons, the 2007 Air Force football team has no catchy slogan it will use as a rallying cry or the media can use as a sound bite or a headline. Instead, first-year head coach and 1989 Academy grad, Troy Calhoun, told Wednesday's annual media day gathering of local and regional

  • Trainees graduate from 'Big Bad Basic'

    Basic cadet training ended Saturday for more than 1,200 incoming cadets with spirited male and female "Big Bad Basic" pugilist competitions in a ground ring surrounded by chanting and cheering basics who had spent two weeks in Jacks Valley."It went a lot smoother than expected," said Senior Master

  • Academy ceremonial groups give positive impression

    The Academy Base Honor Guard and Cadet Sabre Drill team are among more than 24 performing groups who take center stage on and off base on behalf of the Academy.The Air Force Honor Guard has roots going back to 1948 when the newly formed Air Force headquarters received instructions to develop plans

  • India exposes cadets to a ‘significant country’

    During the period when India was all over the news for its IT industry, call centers, tremendous economic growth, receiving out-sourced American jobs and becoming a strategic ally of the United States, Capt. Robert Mishev's sense was that India would become a more important player in global