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  • USAFA visiting hours change for holiday

    The Air Force Academy will be closed to visitors Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.The Cadet Chapel will be closed Dec. 29-30. Worship services are not scheduled during the weekend.Those with a valid Defense Department identification, driver’s license, and registration and insurance, will be allowed on base.

  • U.S. Air Force Academy to host deer hunt Dec 16-18

     The Air Force Academy's Natural Resources office will conduct the second weekend of the Academy’s annual deer hunt Dec. 16-18. The Falcon Trail, USAFA Archery Range, Pine Valley horse pastures, and par course located between the archery range and the Community Center gym will be closed during the

  • Overhaul on aging bridge at Academy to start Dec 17

    A $15.2 million project to refurbish the busiest bridge at the Air Force Academy begins next week and is scheduled to last through spring 2019. The work on the bridge on South Gate Boulevard, near the intersection of Pine Drive and Stadium Boulevard, includes lane reductions and traffic detours

  • SecAF, CSAF direct review of all Air Force programs

    Air Force senior leaders have directed a Zero-Based Review of all Air Force programs, budget accounts and associated manpower authorizations in preparation for assembling the Fiscal Year 2020 Program Objective Memorandum and Future Years Defense Plan. The review will examine whether the right

  • Cadet sets sights on China with Schwarzman scholarship

    An Air Force Academy cadet earned an international scholarship to study in China next year.Cadet 1st Class Benjamin Hook will study global affairs at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, courtesy of the Schwarzman scholarship.“Having taken two years of Mandarin language study at the Academy, I look

  • Breakfast with Santa: a fun family start to holiday season

    Breakfast with Santa means more to most children than just breakfast. It’s their chance to make sure their Christmas wishes have been heard by the bearded elf. This year’s event offers seatings 8 and 10 a.m., Dec. 2 at the Falcon Club. Free tickets were available beginning Nov. 14 at the Child

  • Air Force leaders send Thanksgiving message to Airmen, families

    Fellow Airmen:As we approach the holiday season, we pause to thank you for the enduring sacrifices you and your families make for America. The demands we place on you are immense and you continue to be guardians for the nation. We hope you’ll take time to reflect on the significance of everything

  • USAFA ‘Belongs to enlisted Airmen too,' says command chief

    The top NCO at the Air Force Academy said he’s on a mission today to promote the skills of enlisted Airmen.To that end, Chief Master Sgt. Rob Boyer, Academy command chief, said he’s discussed the importance of the school’s enlisted Airmen with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth Wright, and

  • Senior cadet selected as Academy’s 39th Rhodes scholar

    A mechanical engineering major at the Air Force Academy was named an American Rhodes scholar Nov. 18 by the Rhodes Trust.Cadet 1st Class Jaspreet Singh, of Tennessee, is the Academy’s 39th cadet to receive the prominent scholarship, according to Helen Meisenhelder, director of the Academy’s Graduate

  • U.S. Air Force Academy cadets work to improve ‘Warthog' technology

    Want to increase aircraft capabilities and blow more things up?If you’re an A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, you might just be in luck today.Cadets 1st Class Jon Clegg and John Potthoff, aided by Dr. Thomas Yechout, their aeronautics professor, said they developed a tag-team attitude while working