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  • 979 cadets to graduate May 24

    Nearly 1,000 cadets will receive bachelor degrees and commissions as second lieutenants May 24.In all, 979 cadets are slated to graduate with the Class of 2017.All service academy graduates entering active duty incur a five-year service commitment and an additional concurrent service commitment,

  • USAFA sets up traffic control, parking for Class of '17 graduation

    The Air Force Academy has established traffic control and parking restrictions for the Class of 2017 Graduation Ceremony, May 24 at Falcon Stadium. Once the ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m., guests are not permitted to leave the stadium until the ceremony and the Thunderbirds aerial performance ends at

  • Foreign exchange cadets to graduate with USAFA counterparts

    Fifteen foreign exchange cadets at the Air Force Academy are scheduled to graduate with their U.S. counterparts this month. The exchange cadets are from Moldova; Taiwan; Romania; Peru; Lithuania; Nigeria; Malaysia; Georgia; Iraq; Rwanda; Philippines; Thailand; The Gambia; Singapore and other U.S.

  • 28th commandant of cadets assumes command of Cadet Wing

    Brig. Gen. Kristin Goodwin took charge of the Cadet Wing at the Air Force Academy May 15 when Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson handed her the CW’s guidon during an assumption of command ceremony.As commandant, Goodwin now commands a 4,000-member cadet wing, as well as a staff of more than

  • 10th SFS 'Defenders' raise $3.3K for AFAF

    The 10th Security Forces Squadron raised $3,300 for the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign May 12 at the Air Force Academy. Staff Sgts. Jacob Duncan and Justin Snyder, 10th SFS, led 17 security forces volunteers in washing car windshields and soliciting donations at the Academy Shopette. “The

  • Academy recognizes Outstanding Educator and Heiser awards winners

    The Air Force Academy celebrated its academic staff May 5 at the 41st Outstanding Academy Educator and Heiser Awards Ceremony.Professors Aaron Byerley and Charles Steele were selected by senior cadets to receive the Heiser Award, named after Professor Emeritus Dr. William H. Heiser. Heiser was an

  • Sijan Hall dormitory to get upgrades

    Sijan Hall, a cadet dormitory at Air Force Academy, is undergoing multiple system repairs as the Academy ramps-up to a full renovation of the facility in 2020.  Those renovations are scheduled to occur in six phases, and include a complete re-roofing of the sixth floor of the building and projects

  • Memorial service for cadet killed in skydiving accident is May 18

    A memorial service will be held for Cadet Cadet 1st Class Kaleb Estes at 1:30 p.m., May 18, in the Cadet Protestant Chapel.  Authorities continue to investigate Estes' death; he died May 7 in a commercial skydiving accident near Ellicott. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Kaleb Estes and our

  • Brig Gen Kristin Goodwin to assume command of cadet wing

    Brig. Gen. Kristin Goodwin will assume command of the Air Force Academy’s cadet wing 9 a.m., May 15 near the class wall on the terrazzo.She will be promoted to brigadier general May 12.   Goodwin graduated from the Academy in 1993 with a bachelor’s of science in mechanical engineering. She’s a