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  • Sijan Hall dormitory to get upgrades

    Sijan Hall, a cadet dormitory at Air Force Academy, is undergoing multiple system repairs as the Academy ramps-up to a full renovation of the facility in 2020.  Those renovations are scheduled to occur in six phases, and include a complete re-roofing of the sixth floor of the building and projects

  • Memorial service for cadet killed in skydiving accident is May 18

    A memorial service will be held for Cadet Cadet 1st Class Kaleb Estes at 1:30 p.m., May 18, in the Cadet Protestant Chapel.  Authorities continue to investigate Estes' death; he died May 7 in a commercial skydiving accident near Ellicott. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Kaleb Estes and our

  • Brig Gen Kristin Goodwin to assume command of cadet wing

    Brig. Gen. Kristin Goodwin will assume command of the Air Force Academy’s cadet wing 9 a.m., May 15 near the class wall on the terrazzo.She will be promoted to brigadier general May 12.   Goodwin graduated from the Academy in 1993 with a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering. She’s a

  • From ‘dorm to swarm’: Academy cadets compete in UAS competition

    The Air Force Academy took second place to the Naval Academy at the DARPA-sponsored unmanned aerial systems Swarm Competition, April 23-25 at Camp Roberts, California.Cadets and midshipmen from the Air Force Academy, the Military Academy, the Naval Academy and Defense Advanced Research Projects

  • Trump presents CINC Trophy to USAFA

    The U.S. Air Force Academy football team received the Commander in Chief’s Trophy from President Donald Trump during a visit to the White House May 2, 2017. The trophy is awarded to the winner of the annual service academies’ football triangular series between the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval

  • Cadets showcase FalconSAT program at end-of-semester reveiw

    Cadets gave an end-of-semester review on the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Satellite Program to faculty and the school’s space-community partners April 28.The FalconSAT program is the Academy’s small-satellite engineering program. Cadets’ design, built, test and operate satellites, guided by faculty

  • Academy to celebrate Tuskegee Airmen May 2

    The Air Force Academy will pay tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen May 2 with a wreath-laying ceremony and parade. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 11:15 at the Tuskegee Airmen statue in the Honor Court west of the Cadet Chapel in Polaris Hall. The event is designed to recognize a major historical

  • Ethical conversations: CCLD hosts war workshop

    Modern warfare experts met with about 40 cadets April 24 at the Air Force Academy to talk about ethics in war.Retired Gen. C. Robert Kehler, former commander of U.S. Strategic Command, was one of four keynote speakers. He said ethics, technology and morality deserve significant consideration during

  • Space pioneers visit prep school cadet-candidates

    Astronauts Susan Helms and Gary Payton gave Prep School students here a look into space April 18.Viewing the Earth from space is “humbling,” they said during their hour-long chat with cadet-candidates at the Community Center Theater.“I was surprised to see the Earth was white and blue, not green and

  • 10th CES requests drivers report potholes on USAFA

    All it takes to improve the conditions of roads here is a phone call. By calling 333-2079 to report any unsightly potholes, drivers can help extend the life-cycle of roads and parking lots.  John Sutherland, 10th Civil Engineer Squadron’s pavements and heavy equipment supervisor, asks callers to