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  • CS-09 is top squadron at Polaris Warrior competition

    Cadet Squadron 09, also known as “Vikings Squadron,” waded through tough competition April 30 during Polaris Warrior here to take home the highest score. Polaris Warrior is an annual cadet wing competition focused on team-building skills. Each of the 40 cadet squadrons at the U.S. Air Force Academy

  • 10th SFS starts elite sentry program

    The first official statement several thousand drivers at the Air Force Academy hear every morning before entering the school isn’t from their commander or supervisor, it’s from a 10th Security Forces Squadron elite sentry.   “Welcome to the Air Force Academy.” The squadron kicked-off its Elite

  • Academy to burn grass, protect rare plant

    The 10th Civil Engineering Squadron Fire Department will set fire to an acres’ worth of grass near Academy Drive and Interior Drive May 5 to save Plans Ironweed, a state-protected plant.   The burn is coordinated and closely monitored by the 10th CES Fire Department and the Fish and Wildlife Service

  • Technology keeps cadets on track during Polaris Warrior

    A tracking system played a part in keeping hundreds of cadets safe and on course as they navigated their way through a major cadet competition here April 29-30. The 400 cadets competing in Polaris Warrior stayed connected via Virtual Badge, a system that identifies credentials, tracks individual and

  • Cadets take 1st place in recycling competition

    Cadets at the Air Force Academy were recognized by the superintendent April 27 for going above and beyond the call of duty. They picked up cans.   The Academy beat-out the Coast Guard and the Navy to take first place in a presidential recycling competition, the Great American Can Roundup’s Commander

  • 1983 USAFA grad nominated as next AF chief of staff

     Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced April 26 that the president nominated Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein to be the 21st chief of staff of the Air Force, succeeding Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, who has served in the position since 2012.“I'm extremely humbled by the nomination to

  • Off limits: 10th SFS publishes annual surface danger zone notice

    The 10th Security Forces Squadron uses a surface-danger zone in the northwest area of the Air Force Academy for weapons training. The fenced-off area is marked with off-limits signs and is off-limits to anyone who is not attending official training. Cathedral Rock, in the surface-danger zone, is

  • SAPRO director: Everyone has part in preventing sexual assault

    From the most junior service member to the highest ranking official, everyone in the Defense Department has a role in eliminating sexual assault, the director of the DOD Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office said in a recent DOD news interview.April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and the

  • President Obama to speak at Academy graduation June 2

    The White House confirmed April 14 that President Barack Obama is scheduled to be the commencement speaker for the Air Force Academy’s Class of 2016 graduation ceremony, June 2 at Falcon Stadium.The visit will be Obama's second visit to the Academy as president. He was the commencement speaker for