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  • Academy Airmen can chat with Defense Secretary via Troop Talk event

    The Secretary of Defense will host a global Troop Talk event 9 a.m. (ET), September 1, featuring live and pre-recorded questions from service members stationed across the world.Troops Talk will be streamed live at www.Defense.gov and broadcast live throughout the American Forces Radio and Television

  • Academy grad, pilot chases Olympic dreams

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series. These stories focus on individual Airmen, highlighting their Air Force story.)It's early morning, the sun is bright and warm but the air is still cool. Sitting on the maroon colored track, he slides his bright-red running shoes over his

  • Academy Airmen selected for staff sgt. promotion

    The Air Force released the names of the 13,269 Airmen selected for promotion to staff sergeant August 20.Several of those Airmen are assigned to the Air Force Academy, including Senior Airman Christopher Boyd of the 10th Security Forces Squadron."Finding out that I made staff sergeant is pretty

  • Air Force football to host Fan Day, Aug. 22 at Falcon Stadium

    The Air Force football team is scheduled to host a free Fan Day at Falcon Stadium August 22.Entrance to the event is through the Academy's North Gate.The free event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a Falcon Football scrimmage and also feature an autograph session with athletes and head coach Troy

  • Air Force Academy, Air Force SARCs enhance skills at refresher course

    The Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office concluded a five-day annual refresher course for nearly 130 Air Force sexual assault response coordinators at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia, Aug. 3-7.The SARCs participated in prevention, policy and training lessons

  • 9th chief master sgt. of the Air Force laid to rest

    "If you've met Chief Binnicker, you've met an icon -- a hero, a legend," said Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, James A. Cody.Cody said these words as he delivered the eulogy for former Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James C. Binnicker at the Fort Meyer post chapel in Arlington, Virginia, Aug.

  • Superintendent talks Academy Essentials

    Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, the superintendent of the Air Force Academy, hosted two all-calls for Academy staff members to discuss the institution's six strategic goals, August 10 in Arnold Hall.Those goals as set forth in "The United States Air Force Academy Strategic Plan 2015" are: focus

  • Flying high: Academy grad, Strike Eagle pilot reaches elite milestone

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series. These stories focus on individual Airmen, highlighting their Air Force story.)For F-15E Strike Eagle aircrew at the 4th Fighter Wing, flying through the skies is a part of their lifestyle. However, for Lt. Col. Paul Hibbard, a 333rd

  • Academy educator becomes permanent professor

    A faculty member at the Air Force Academy received Congressional approval to serve as permanent professor and head of the Academy's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering August 5.Col. John Christ graduated from the Academy in 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering. He also

  • Reducing water pollution at the Academy

    Air Force Academy staff, their families and cadets can reduce water pollution by taking a few simple steps, said a water quality official at the base.Colorado gets more than 16 inches of rainfall annually, leading to surface run-off which can pollute streams, lakes and drinking water, said Dan