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  • 7 cadets inducted into National Collegiate Chinese Honor Society

    Seven Air Force Academy cadets were inducted April 26 into the National Collegiate Chinese Honor Society. Jue Wang, an assistant Chinese Language professor here, said the society recognizes students excelling in Chinese language studies, core college courses and culture-related community

  • Academy Flying Team competes in national competition

    The Air Force Academy Flying Team competed in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association national competition in May in Columbus, Ohio. The competition featured former cadets who graduated from the Academy June 2 and who are now second lieutenants: Jonathan Hart, Brett Meyer, Garrett Ellis,

  • Santa Fe Trail on Academy opens again to general public

    Senior officials at the Air Force Academy said June 6 that the nearly 7-mile stretch of the New Santa Fe Regional Trail running through the base is once again open to the public.  Local joggers, hikers and visitors were barred from using the popular trail in May 2015 while the base dealt with

  • CS-09 takes ‘Top Squadron’ award

    Cadet Squadron 09 is the Air Force Academy’s top squadron of the academic year.  Each year, the cadet wing’s 40 squadrons are judged on their academic, athletic and military performance.  "CS-09 demonstrated the grit, character and teamwork all cadets aspire to,” said Brig. Gen. Stephen Williams,

  • Academy to hail Class of ’16 graduation with T-Birds' performance, parade

    The Air Force Academy will celebrate its Class of '16 graduation with a parade and performance by the Thunderbirds, the Air Force’s official aerial demonstration team.The Thunderbirds cap-off cadet graduation with a 30-minute demonstration June 2 above Falcon Stadium. The performance is scheduled to

  • 27 selected for SNCO rank

    Twenty seven technical sergeants here were selected to become senior NCOs May 25. The Air Force selected 5,109 technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant out of the 21,504 eligible. The selection rate was 23.34 percent, with an average selectee overall score of 543.62. Selectees' average

  • Management Dept keeps high-level business accreditation

    The Management Department here will keep its business certification after an evaluation by a worldwide academic business accreditation association this year.  Robert Reid, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer for the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, the

  • Academy prepares to ‘speak cyber’

    A construction project to make room for the Air Force's future cyber innovation center in McDermott Library is slated to begin in July, but officials at the Air Force Academy say the AFICIC is already preparing.“We have everything we need to advance the Air Force’s cyber capabilities today: a staff,