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  • Wings of Blue wins 1st national title

    The Wings of Blue Air Force Parachute Team soared to victory Sept. 11-12 at the U.S. Parachute Association National Skydiving Championships in Ottawa, Ill. This is the first victory for Wings of Blue at a USPA competition, said Lt. Col. Mike Love, commander of the 98th Flying Training Squadron.Wings

  • Pregame, halftime ceremonies honor victims, heroes of Sept. 11

    The Air Force-BYU football game Saturday featured 60 minutes of furious competition on the gridiron, but it also included 20 special minutes dedicated to the 3,000 people who died on the same date nine years ago.Volunteers unfurled a large American flag onto the field during halftime as the Cadet

  • Newest Aces honored at Heritage House

    Thirteen cadets were recognized at the Dean's Heritage House here Sept. 9 for achieving perfect 4.0 academic GPAs during the Spring 2010 semester.The Fall 2010 Aces List includes nine second-class cadets as well as two third-class cadets and one cadet each from the classes of 2010 and 2011.Four of

  • Falcons rout Cougars, 35-14, in Mountain West Conference opener

    Air Force's defense held BYU to just 126 yards of total offense in the final three quarters during the Falcons' 35-17 win in the teams' Mountain West Conference opener in front of a sold-out crowd of nearly 47,000 here Sept. 11.The rout breaks a six-game losing streak to BYU, who last lost to Air

  • Former permanent professors return to AFA for Heritage to Horizons Assembly

    Retired permanent professors and deans of the faculty returned to the Air Force Academy for the biennial "Heritage to Horizons" Education Assembly Aug. 26-27.The event marked the largest gathering of retired permanent professors in the Academy's history, with permanent professors who represented a

  • Academy firefighters win DOD awards

    Two Air Force Academy firefighters received Department of Defense awards during the Defense Fire and Emergency Services Annual Awards Banquet in Chicago Aug. 27.Senior Airman Jessica Morehouse was named the 2009 DOD military firefighter of the year, and Deputy Fire Chief Ken Helgerson received the

  • Academy announces O-4, O-5 promotions

    One captain and 33 majors here were selected for promotion to major and lieutenant colonel Aug. 26, according to the Academy's Directorate of Personnel.Four medical service corps officers were selected, with the remainder of selections naming Line of the Air Force officers for promotion.The Air

  • Stalag Luft III POW, 'Jesters' visit Air Force Academy

    Members of the Royal Order of Jesters, including a former World War II prisoner of war, visited the Air Force Academy's special collections and Cadet Chapel Aug. 20.Retired Army Col. Bill Trice was held at the German Stalag Luft III POW camp during part of World War II. A prisoner escape from Stalag

  • Retirees claim base softball championship

    The Retirees and Medical Group softball teams battled for the third straight year for the base softball championship, with the retirees taking their second victory in three years by defeating the Med Group, 29-19.The Med Group scored three runs in the top of the first inning on a two-run homer by

  • Flyers win state softball championship

    The Air Force Academy Men's Varsity Softball Team won the state championship Aug. 8 in Loveland, Colo., finishing first out of 38 teams that competed.After a 4-0 start, including a victory over the then-top ranked team in the state, the Flyers lost the last game of the winner's bracket. They were