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  • Falcons outlast UNLV, 91-87

    The Air Force Falcons outlasted UNLV in a game at Clune Arena here Feb. 16 to improve to 8-16 overall and 3-8 in the Mountain West Conference.The team's record under first-year head coach Andrea Williams now exceeds the number of wins the team earned in its previous two seasons.Air Force senior

  • Academy celebrates many faiths at prayer luncheon

    Retired Marine 1st Lt. Clebe McClary speaks in an unmistakable Southern drawl when he introduces himself as a "country boy from South Carolina." He talks about his traumatic Vietnam War experiences and his many injuries with a friendly smile. But dig a little deeper, and you'll see a man whose faith

  • Leaders explain Air Force manning impacts on Academy

    Streamlining and the Air Force Academy are no strangers to each other.In aviation, streamlining is a good thing. In this instance, streamlining will translate into fewer cadets trekking across the Terrazzo in future years.That's because the Air Force is implementing a strategy for force management.

  • New force-management measures announced

    Air Force leaders announced involuntary force management programs Wednesday to reduce personnel as a supplement to the voluntary programs announced in December. These measures are part of the Air Force's multi-year Force Management Program aimed at shaping and sizing the force. With more Airmen

  • Aero lab harnesses wave energy in research simulations

    Air Force Academy researchers recently harnessed more than 99 percent of the energy in a simulated ocean wave and are preparing to take their emerging technology to the next level.The energy research is part of a National Science Foundation-funded project to create the world's first free-floating,

  • AFCENT commander visits Air Force Academy

    The commander of Air Forces Central came to the Air Force Academy Jan. 25 to speak with third-class cadets about their roles as warfighters after graduation and to answer questions related to deployments and to his career as a pilot.Lt. Gen. Mike Hostage began his 45-minute presentation by

  • Deployed 10th ABW medic saves critically injured patient

    A medic deployed from the Air Force Academy's 10th Medical Group responded under pressure to provide Self-Aid and Buddy Care to a patient in critical condition during a recent attack against Kandahar Airfield.Lt. Col. (Dr.) Jason Hayes, a 451st AEW Clinic physician, was part of a four-Airman team

  • NASA seeks Academy's aeronautics knowhow

    How many undergraduates can say they have briefed NASA on critical design needs for the next generation of America's manned space vehicles? Better yet, how many can say NASA agreed with their research and made critical design and safety-of-flight changes? The answer can be found in the wind tunnels

  • Cadets provide program insight to AFSPC commander

    The commander of Air Force Space Command visited with cadets to get a firsthand look at what they do in the Astronautical Engineering Department Jan. 24.Gen. William Shelton, a 1976 Academy graduate who majored in astronautical engineering during his cadet days, spent more than an hour with the

  • F-15 pilot selected to receive Jabara Award

    An F-15E Strike Eagle pilot and 2004 graduate of the Air Force Academy was selected Jan. 25 to receive the 2011 Col. James Jabara Award for Airmanship.Capt. Mike Polidor, a member of Air Force Global Strike Command, distinguished himself through heroic actions in an Operation Enduring Freedom sortie