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  • Academy Flying Team places 1st in regional competition

    The U.S. Air Force Academy Flying Team took first place in the Region 1 National Intercollegiate Flying Association SAFECON Competition Oct. 10-17.Cadet 1st Class Garrett Ellis took home the Top Pilot Award. This was the team's 29th consecutive first-place finish against five other Rocky Mountain

  • Academy grad earns spot on Air Force Pistol Team with brother

    Tucker Sears grew up with his three older brothers in Graham, Texas, all of them learning how to shoot BB guns and eventually moving up to .22-caliber rifles.This love of guns led to plenty of hunting trips with his brothers and grandfather, but when Tucker was 12, his oldest brother, Terrence,

  • Academy supt. says Polaris Hall construction almost complete

    Most of the major construction on the Air Force Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development, a $49 million project financed by the government and hundreds of private donors, will be complete by the end of the year, said the Academy's superintendent, Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson.The cost

  • Harmon Hall Lecture series announced

    The Air Force Academy will host the 58th annual Harmon Memorial Lecture in Military History 7:15-8:30 p.m., Oct. 21 in Arnold Hall.The event is the Academy's most-prestigious lecture series and was designed to honor the legacy of Lt. Gen. Hubert Harmon, the Academy's first superintendent. The goal

  • Air Force to host New Mexico in 2016 at Cotton Bowl Stadium

    Air Force will host New Mexico Oct. 15 at the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas, during the State Fair of Texas, according to an announcement from Air Force Academy director of athletics Jim Knowlton.The kickoff time and television network are to be announced as part of the Mountain West's

  • Academy grad takes part in NATO program to develop tactical leaders

    Fighter pilots from seven allied countries, including the U.S., U.K., Spain, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland and Italy, completed the NATO Tactical Leadership Program here Oct. 9.Six F-15C Eagles and more than 100 personnel from the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England,

  • Funeral scheduled for Academy officer killed in Afghanistan

    The funeral service for Maj. Phyllis Pelky will take place at 10 a.m., Oct. 26, at the Air Force Academy's Cadet Chapel.Pelky, 45, was killed in a non-hostile helicopter crash near Kabul, Afghanistan Oct. 11. She was one of five killed and five injured in the accident aboard a British Puma Mk2

  • Academy hosts Audience with an Astronaut

    More than 350 students from the Colorado Springs area attended Audience with an Astronaut, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics outreach event, here Oct. 7.Audience with an Astronaut is an annual event hosted by the Academy's Astronautics Department and the Space Foundation to

  • Cadet improves production levels at WalMart distribution center

    Editor's note: This is the third story in a three-part series on the Air Force Academy's Cadet Summer Research Program. Each summer, through the CSRP, more than 100 cadets spend several weeks at private and public research facilities around the world where they apply their classroom knowledge to a

  • Desktop icon gives Airmen, cadets, families easy access to helping agencies

    A desktop icon installed on desktop computers here in March provides easy access to helping agencies such as the Airman and Family Readiness Center, mental health and Military One Source.The desktop icon links to a website that lists what helping agencies are available for cadets, cadet candidates,