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  • Lt Gen Silveria shares priorities, goals with USAFA staff

    Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, discusses his goals and priorities in front of an audience of Total Force Airmen at the Academy, Aug. 17. 2017. Silveria assumed command of the Academy Aug. 11, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes.)

  • Firefighters douse small brushfire on USAFA

    Firefighters at the Air Force Academy and the Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District extinguished a small brush fire on the Santa Fe Trail Aug. 15.The fire burned grass and some trees on Academy property alongside Interstate 25, two miles south of the Air Force Academy’s North Gate.Firefighters

  • Lt Gen Jay Silveria takes command of Air Force Academy

    The new superintendent of the Air Force Academy said preparing cadets for the mental and physical rigors of modern warfare in a complex global environment is his top priority, Aug. 11. “The future of our service and the future of our nation stand on that field,” said Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, speaking

  • In the Stairwell to make 3rd appearance on America’s Got Talent

    In the Stairwell is scheduled to perform on America’s Got Talent Aug. 15, after advancing to the "lives" Aug. 8.The "lives" are live broadcasts during which viewers vote on their favorite show competitor.The Air Force Academy’s all-male a Capella group was selected by the show’s judges to appear

  • 1,181 complete basic training, join Cadet Wing

    Its official: nearly 1,200 young men and women completed Basic Cadet Training at the Air Force Academy and start the academic year Aug. 10.The Class of 2021 officially became “cadets” Aug. 9 during the Academy’s annual Acceptance Day ceremony which represents a symbolic shift from the status of

  • Lt Gen Johnson hosts last commander's call as supt, Aug 3

    Construction will start next year on a visitor’s center near the Air Force Academy’s North Gate. “We’ll be shovel-ready by December 2018,” Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson said of the long-awaited project. Johnson had this and more to say during her last commander’s call as superintendent,

  • 10th CES firefighters set world record at regional competition

    Firefighters assigned to the 10th Civil Engineering Squadron doused the competition to set a world record at the Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge, June 29 in Longmont, Colorado.Their over-40-relay competition time of 1:10:93 blistered the competition, qualifying the firefighters to compete in the

  • USAFA superintendent hosts BOV July 28

    Superintendent of the Air Force Academy Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson said the school’s advances concerning issues of character, discipline and modernization, have made it a mainstay on the nation’s “best colleges” lists and a trusted agency among Defense Department leaders and parents of cadets.

  • Road kill with a purpose: Sign up by Aug 1 to receive free meat

    Staff and their families at the Air Force Academy can sign-up to receive free deer and elk meat, 6:30 a.m., Aug. 1, at the Natural Resources Office.Signups for the Salvage List are free and on a first come-first served basis. One signup is allowed for each family represented by the first 30 people

  • Academy hosts leadership conference with FIRST Robotics Mentors

    The Center for Character and Leadership Development hosted 24 educators from across the U.S. at the FIRST Leadership Experience July 24-26 in Polaris Hall.    Air Force Recruiting sponsored and accompanied the teachers, all members of the national organization For Inspiration and Recognition of