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  • Resiliency training equips Airmen for hurdles

    The Air Force Academy trained Airmen from the Academy and Peterson Air Force Base for roles as Master Resilient Trainers during a five-day training program in Polaris Hall, Aug. 14-18, 2017.Community Support Program Manager Scott Andrews said the program is designed to help Airmen balance their

  • New superintendent discusses vision for Academy

    The top officer at the Air Force Academy shared his goals and priorities with staff and faculty at a vision-based Aug. 17 “all call” in Arnold Hall. Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria said the first two of his three goals is increasing the Academy’s culture of innovation and fostering a culture of continual

  • 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.