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  • U.S. Air Force Academy is hot contender for Firefighter Combat Challenge

    Firefighters from the Air Force Academy’s 10th Civil Engineering Squadron will be competing next week at the Firefighter Worlds Challenge XXVI in Louisville, Kentucky.The team will show up an already hot contender to win the “World’s Best” title, having placed or set records in a number of

  • Roadrunners on 'Cloud 9' after Commandant's Challenge win

    Cadet Squadron 32’s “Roadrunners” beat-out the competition to win the annual Commandant’s Challenge this month.The annual competition took place Oct. 12-14, pitting the 40 squadrons against each other.“The Roadrunners are on ‘Cloud 9” after their win,” said Master Sgt. John Phillips, an academy

  • Conference could have ‘huge ramifications’ for space, experts say

    Experts from around the world met at the Air Force Academy Oct. 9-13 to discuss perspective rules in space.Gen. John Raymond, commander of Air Force Space Command at Peterson Air Force Base, was a keynote speaker at the MILAMOS Conference, where the group discussed the creation of a “Manual on

  • Class of 2020 unveils ‘exemplar’

    Sophomore cadets honored their class’ ideal Airman Oct. 4 at the Exemplar Dinner.Cadets in the Class of 2020 selected 1st Lt. Robert Hoover, a former Army Air Corps, Air Force and civilian test pilot, to be their exemplar. Hoover, of Nashville, Tennessee, was taken captive by the Germans after being

  • USAFA to host collegiate flying competition, Oct 7-14

    The Air Force Academy will host this year’s annual National Flying Association, Region 1, competition, Oct. 7-14. Along with the Academy, five colleges and universities will compete: Metropolitan State University, Utah State University, Westminster College, Colorado Northwestern Community College,

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen Essential to USAFA Mission

    Reserve Citizen Airmen bring their skills and experience to augment the active-duty force at the U.S. Air Force Academy in order to produce tomorrow’s Air Force leaders.“Each year the Air Force Academy depends on Reserve Citizen Airmen in order to fulfill the mission here,” said Col. Christine

  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • Parent groups reach out to cadets from hurricane-struck Gulf Coast

    When Hurricane Harvey struck Texas, the North Texas Parent Club “got mobilized” and organized a dinner Sept. 1 at a Colorado Springs restaurant for cadets from the Gulf Coast.Hurricane Harvey, the largest rainstorm in the history of the continental U.S. according to some meteorologists, began