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  • 10th CES gets Academy ready for snow, releases snow-route map

    Colorado stands a good chance of getting snow earlier than expected this year due to El Nino weather pattern currently affecting the West Coast, according to a National Weather Service report released Oct. 1.As temperatures begin to drop across the Centennial State, snow removal crews from the 10th

  • Air Force to take on Navy in rugby match-up

    Air Force will meet Navy on the rugby pitch Oct. 2 at the U.S. Naval Academy, Maryland. The winning team will take home  -- or in the case of Air Force, keep -- the Lt. Col. Kevin M. Shea Memorial Rugby Cup. Shea was a 1989 Air Force Academy graduate and a member of coach Vern Francis' 1989 National

  • Academy runners finish strong in Air Force Marathon

    Five NCOs at the Air Force Academy competed in the 19th annual Air Force Marathon in Ohio Sept. 19.Heather Henry, Heather Blanchard, Keith Eberhardt, Scott Borlinghaus and Marlon Quitos joined more than 5,000 runners for the marathon, sanctioned by the USA Track and Field Association and a qualifier

  • Cadets to volunteer along Front Range Sept. 25

    Approximately 3,500 Air Force Academy cadets will perform volunteer work for 48 community organizations along the Front Range, Sept. 25. The volunteer work sites for cadets will range in location from Peyton to Florissant, and Monument to Widefield. The Start times vary depending on the distance the

  • Fall weather offers ideal wildfire conditions, says Academy fire inspector

    Nationally, more than five million acres have burned this year, according to a report from the Agriculture Department.The Valley Fire in Lake County, California, has been the most destructive of the U.S. fires so far and President Barack Obama declared the area a major disaster Sept. 23, after

  • Academy to host marathon, 10k

    The ninth annual Air Force Academy Half-Marathon and 10-Kilometer Run is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m., Sept. 19 at the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron Pavilion and features a new route."It will start and end at the pavilion as it always has, but this year the route will go south into Colorado Springs,"

  • Academy supt. dines with cadets

    Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson's typical day is filled with meetings, briefings and decision-making. Her days are often scheduled months in advance, and while developing innovative leaders of character is her primary goal at the Academy, she is not always able to act on that

  • Falcons defeat San Jose State, 37-16, lose starting QB

    Air Force paid a high price in securing a 37-16 win over San Jose here Sept. 12 when Falcons starting quarterback Nate Romine went down with an injury on a critical fourth-quarter drive.The Falcons and Spartans kept the game close until the fourth quarter, when Air Force fullback D.J. Johnson broke

  • Army Air Corps bombardier, POW is Class of '18 exemplar

    The Air Force Academy's Class of 2018 has selected a World War II prisoner of war as its exemplar.The military service of Capt. Louis Zamperini, an Army Air Corps Airman held prisoner by the Japanese after the B-24 he was flying in crashed into the sea, will be honored at the Class of 2018 Exemplar

  • Falcons crush Morgan State 63-7 to open 2015 season

    Sixteen Falcons ran the ball for a combined 394 yards during Air Force's 63-7 rout of Morgan State Bears here Sept 5.Falcons' season-opener featured four falcon quarterbacks behind center and a host of players up and down the depth chart getting significant playing time.The Air Force Academy's