U.S. Air Force Academy News

Dec. 11, 2023
Developing the Next Generation of Air Force Special Warfare Cadet Programs

Air Force Special Warfare (AFSPECWAR) continues to refine its academic year and summer programs to help AFROTC and USAFA cadets prepare to be Special Tactics Officers (STOs), Tactical Air Control Party Officers (TACPOs), and Combat Rescue Officers (CROs).
Nov. 6, 2023
Upcoming Falcons Contest More Than Just a Game for Ellsworth Raiders

When the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Fighting Falcons football team don the 2023 Air Power Legacy Series alternate uniforms in honor of the Doolittle Raiders to square off against the University of Las Vegas Rebels, Nov.18, it will have extra meaning to the base and many serving here.
Sept. 28, 2023
Cadets prepare for special warfare pre-commissioning screening

The U.S. Air Force Academy Special Warfare Club prepares cadets for the challenging Air Force Special Warfare career field pre-commissioning screening.
Sept. 6, 2023
Mountain Medic 23 tests joint-service medical evacuation readiness in austere environment

Soldiers, Airmen and Guardians from multiple units participated in Exercise Mountain Medic 23, designed to simulate the evacuation and treatment of injured personnel in a joint-service austere battle zone, Aug. 7-18, 2023, throughout Colorado.
July 24, 2023
New Academy Visitor Center construction underway

Residents and visitors to the Colorado Springs region may have noticed a construction project on the U.S. Air Force Academy during their travel on Interstate 25.The skeleton steel structure soaring above the Academy’s North Gate is a new visitor center named after former Academy Superintendent, Lt.
July 21, 2023
Dental squadron provides world-class care to a thousand basic cadets

Among the chaos of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s basic cadet training, there’s only one place where the more than a thousand basic cadets can smile, the dental clinic.A team of officers and enlisted Airmen at the Academy’s Cadet Dental Clinic created military dental records for the men and women
July 21, 2023
Air Force Academy Cadets innovate at AFCENT’s Task Force 99

Four U.S. Air Force Academy cadets traveled to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, to participate in research and innovation at Task Force 99 as part of the academy’s Cadet Summer Research Program (CSRP).
July 11, 2023
Cadet Training Officers take over Air Force ROTC Instagram during Special Warfare Orientation Course

Cadets will take over the Air Force ROTC Instagram account July 12, 2023, to highlight the Special Warfare Orientation Course
May 22, 2023
Select Academy housing residents receive air conditioning units

A select number of Hunt Community Housing residents at the U.S. Air Force Academy are getting ready to cool off for the upcoming summer months. Colonel Daniel Werner, 10th Air Base Wing vice commander, distributed the first of 15 air conditioning units to a local Airman and her family, May 19.
May 12, 2023
Cadet team conducts robotics research

A team of professors and cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Warfighter Effectiveness Research Center, a directorate of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, are striving to determine the practicality of incorporating a robot into operational Air Force missions.The cadet-driven