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  • Staying safe on winter roads

    One big step toward staying safe on the highway during the holidays and bad weather is simple, said Air Force Academy law enforcement and safety experts: pay attention.  Lt. Col. Lance Spear, director of the Academy’s Safety Office, said distracted driving -- often caused by a driver using a

  • Teenager becomes a 'cadet for a day'

    A teenage lymphoma patient became the Air Force Academy’s latest cadet for a day Nov. 10, thanks to a longstanding partnership between cadets and the Make a Wish Foundation.  Mark Carnes, 15, and his mother, Gwendolyn Carnes, toured the airfield and control tower with cadets assigned to Cadet

  • Gen Goldfein discusses changing face of war at summit

    New technologies, new tactics, new threats and limited budgets have combined to change the face of warfare in the 21st century, and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, a 1983 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, is among the leaders sorting out what that will mean.   Goldfein spoke Nov.

  • Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy returns to Academy

    Cadets erupted into applause when Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson presented the Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy to the Cadet Wing, Nov. 17, at the Air Force Academy. The trophy is awarded to each season’s winner of the American college football triangular series among the football teams of the U.S. Military

  • 'Top 3' send holiday letter to Airmen

    Fellow Airmen:You answered the call to defend our nation -- sacrificing individual liberties for our collective freedom. As you celebrate the coming holidays with your friends and families, please take time to thank the ones supporting you as you secure our freedom. Many of you are engaged in

  • Academy Band’s latest CD features Nashville talent

    Wild Blue Country, the Air Force Academy Band’s Country Music ensemble, released its latest recording, “Here We Are,” this fall.The release features longtime Nashville, Tennessee singer-songwriter, and now airman first class, Jamie Teachenor.                Before enlisting in the Air Force in 2015,

  • Remembering ‘Maj. V’: OSI, cadets celebrate life of Academy grad

    Cadets and Air Force investigators celebrated the life of a graduate killed last year in Afghanistan, Nov. 12 at the Air Force Academy.   Maj. Adrianna Vorderbruggen was one of four Air Force Office of Special Investigations agents and two security forces Airmen killed in a Dec. 21 suicide

  • Jabara Award goes to fighter pilot

    Maj. Matthew Kuta, a 2005 Air Force Academy graduate and fighter pilot, was awarded the 2016 Col. James Jabara Award for Airmanship Nov. 9 at the Academy.Kuta was nominated for the award earlier this year by Brig. Gen. Mark Slocum, director of U.S. Air Forces in Europe-United Kingdom, for his heroic

  • Air Force leaders thank Airmen on Veterans Day

    To the Airmen of the United States Air Force:Since 1776, Americans from every generation have had the honor and privilege to serve and defend our nation. Each of you joined 22 million other American Veterans in answering this sacred calling … vowing to “support and defend the Constitution of the