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  • Academy Board names Class of 2011 top graduate

    A native of Cody, Wyo., assigned to Cadet Squadron 22 was selected as the top graduate for the Class of 2011 by the Air Force Academy Board Friday.Cadet 1st Class Hal Schmidt Jr. received the honor after scoring the maximums on both the athletic and physical fitness tests, earning the No. 1 military

  • One for the record books

    The Air Force Academy is known for many things - modernist architecture, mountain views, gliders, skydiving, academics, and leaders of character. Cadets hope that after May 25 it will be also known as the site of a world record dodgeball game. Two teams of nearly 2,000 cadets each faced off on the

  • Cadets become firefighters for day at Osan

    Cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., joined the 51st Fighter Wing's own "Fire Dawgs" for a day here May 19.Field training is, in most cases, a cadet's first exposure to a working Air Force environment. The majority of the cadets who visited are currently majoring in

  • Academy Band rocks soldiers in Mosul

    The U.S. Air Forces Central band "Wild Blue Country" performed for Soldiers assigned to the 4th Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, and civilian contractors at the Contingency Operating Base Marez main gym April 29.Wild Blue Country is part of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band, stationed

  • Cadets win Boeing design challenge

    A year of hard work paid off for a team of cadets May 6, when they won the Boeing CrewSystem 2035 challenge. CrewSystem 2035 was a yearlong design competition sponsored by Boeing. Teams from the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Military Academy, and the Air Force Academy were tasked to design the

  • Academy fire department named best in Air Force

    The 10th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services Flight was recently named the 2010 medium-sized Air Force Fire Department of the Year.The department competed against 175 other fire and emergency services flights and will be recognized by Air Force Civil Engineer Maj. Gen. Timothy Byers,

  • DeBerry elected to College Football Hall of Fame

    Former Air Force football coach Fisher DeBerry has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, according to an announcement today from the National Football Foundation Board of Directors. DeBerry, along with the other inductees, will be honored at the National Football Foundation's Annual

  • Grad takes Academy experiment into space on Endeavour

    An Air Force Academy graduate piloted the space shuttle Endeavour while carrying an Air Force Academy physics experiment into space just before 7 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, from Cape Canaveral for NASA's STS-134 mission. Piloting the crew of STS-134 is retired Col. Gregory H. Johnson, a 1984

  • Graduation tickets now available

    Approximately 600 free, reserved-seat tickets for the Academy's Class of 2011 Graduation Ceremony on May 25, at 10 a.m., are currently available through the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce. The secretary of the Air Force, Michael B. Donley, will be the

  • Cadet receives Millenium Sword of Friendship award

    The newest name engraved on the Millennium Sword of Friendship in the Pentagon is that of a student at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., who was presented with the 2010 U.S. Air Force Cadet of the Year Award here May 12.During a ceremony hosted by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.