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  • Cadet sets sights on China with Schwarzman scholarship

    An Air Force Academy cadet earned an international scholarship to study in China next year.Cadet 1st Class Benjamin Hook will study global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, courtesy of the Schwarzman scholarship.“Having taken two years of Mandarin language study at the Academy, I look

  • Breakfast with Santa: a fun family start to holiday season

    Breakfast with Santa means more to most children than just breakfast. It’s their chance to make sure their Christmas wishes have been heard by the bearded elf. This year’s event offers seatings 8 and 10 a.m., Dec. 2 at the Falcon Club. Free tickets were available beginning Nov. 14 at the Child

  • Snowball event brings smiles: NCOA hosts survivor families

    The local chapter of the Non Commissioned Officers Association hosted a Snowball tailgate event during the U.S. Air Force Academy vs. Army football game Nov. 4, 2017 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., for families of military members who died while on active duty.

  • Air Force leaders send Thanksgiving message to Airmen, families

    Fellow Airmen:As we approach the holiday season, we pause to thank you for the enduring sacrifices you and your families make for America. The demands we place on you are immense and you continue to be guardians for the nation. We hope you’ll take time to reflect on the significance of everything

  • USAFA ‘Belongs to enlisted Airmen too,' says command chief

    The top NCO at the Air Force Academy said he’s on a mission today to promote the skills of enlisted Airmen.To that end, Chief Master Sgt. Rob Boyer, Academy command chief, said he’s discussed the importance of the school’s enlisted Airmen with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth Wright, and

  • Senior cadet selected as Academy’s 39th Rhodes scholar

    A mechanical engineering major at the Air Force Academy was named an American Rhodes scholar Nov. 18 by the Rhodes Trust.Cadet 1st Class Jaspreet Singh, of Tennessee, is the Academy’s 39th cadet to receive the prominent scholarship, according to Helen Meisenhelder, director of the Academy’s Graduate

  • U.S. Air Force Academy cadets work to improve ‘Warthog' technology

    Want to increase aircraft capabilities and blow more things up?If you’re an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, you might just be in luck today.Cadets 1st Class Jon Clegg and John Potthoff, aided by Dr. Thomas Yechout, their aeronautics professor, said they developed a tag-team attitude while working

  • Air Force Academy cadets continue to support Colorado Springs

    Cadets from the Air Force Academy will be out in full force Nov. 17-19 supporting several community service projects across the Front Range.  This school year, cadets have volunteered more than 13,000 hours to more than 70 community service organizations in the Colorado Springs area.  “In the month

  • Air Force leaders convene at Academy for Corona

    Top Air Force officials got a chance to talk policy outside the Pentagon Oct. 30-Nov. 3 at the Air Force Academy.The annual Corona meeting gives service leaders, including the secretary, chief of staff and chief master sergeant of the Air Force, the chance to plot the future of the Air Force.The hot