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  • Academy firefighters host Youth Fire Safety Camp

    Dozens of local children mixed and mingled with firefighters, learned about fire prevention and managed to have a little fun June 22at the Air Force Academy’s Youth Fire Safety Camp. Hosted by the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Emergency Services Flight, the annual camp teaches 8-12-year olds

  • 10th MDG takes intramural championship

    The 10th Medical Group took the intramural soccer championship June 16 when they beat the 10th Communications Squadron-306th Flying Training Group 6-1 to finished the regular season 8-0. Mike David, 10th MDG, scored in the first minute of the game off an assist from Govinda Allin. David scored two

  • Cadets build homes for Navajo Nation

    Air Force civil engineers are building two homes for the Navajo Nation as part of the Academy's Field Engineering and Readiness Laboratory this summer. The FERL is a 5-week summer engineering course exposing cadets to civil engineering and a requirement for Air Force Academy cadets majoring in civil

  • Cadet researchers improve 'fast rope' technology

    An invention by former cadets at the Air Force Academy to get troops out of an aircraft and on the ground in a hurry will be reviewed for patenting by legal staff at Air Force Materiel Command in Ohio. The auto-belay insertion system earned cadet researchers the top spots in the springtime Defense

  • Academy professor to be Supreme Court fellow

    Col. Cheryl Kearney, head of the Air Force Academy's Political Science Department, has been selected for a Supreme Court Fellowship to begin in August at the Office of the Counselor to the Chief Justice."Military officers take an oath to the U.S. Constitution," Kearney said. "Since it is the role of

  • 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