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  • From ‘dorm to swarm’: Academy cadets compete in UAS competition

    The Air Force Academy took second place to the Naval Academy at the DARPA-sponsored unmanned aerial systems Swarm Competition, April 23-25 at Camp Roberts, California.Cadets and midshipmen from the Air Force Academy, the Military Academy, the Naval Academy and Defense Advanced Research Projects

  • Trump presents CINC Trophy to USAFA

    The U.S. Air Force Academy football team received the Commander in Chief’s Trophy from President Donald Trump during a visit to the White House May 2, 2017. The trophy is awarded to the winner of the annual service academies’ football triangular series between the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval

  • Cadets showcase FalconSAT program at end-of-semester reveiw

    Cadets gave an end-of-semester review on the Air Force Academy’s Falcon Satellite Program to faculty and the school’s space-community partners April 28.The FalconSAT program is the Academy’s small-satellite engineering program. Cadets’ design, built, test and operate satellites, guided by faculty

  • Academy to celebrate Tuskegee Airmen May 2

    The Air Force Academy will pay tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen May 2 with a wreath-laying ceremony and parade. The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 11:15 at the Tuskegee Airmen statue in the Honor Court west of the Cadet Chapel in Polaris Hall. The event is designed to recognize a major historical

  • Ethical conversations: CCLD hosts war workshop

    Modern warfare experts met with about 40 cadets April 24 at the Air Force Academy to talk about ethics in war.Retired Gen. C. Robert Kehler, former commander of U.S. Strategic Command, was one of four keynote speakers. He said ethics, technology and morality deserve significant consideration during

  • Space pioneers visit prep school cadet-candidates

    Astronauts Susan Helms and Gary Payton gave Prep School students here a look into space April 18.Viewing the Earth from space is “humbling,” they said during their hour-long chat with cadet-candidates at the Community Center Theater.“I was surprised to see the Earth was white and blue, not green and

  • 10th CES requests drivers report potholes on USAFA

    All it takes to improve the conditions of roads here is a phone call. By calling 333-2079 to report any unsightly potholes, drivers can help extend the life-cycle of roads and parking lots.  John Sutherland, 10th Civil Engineer Squadron’s pavements and heavy equipment supervisor, asks callers to

  • AFAF highlights Airmen’s ‘commitment to caring’

    When life throws you a curveball, sometimes you don’t have to hit it all by yourself; sometimes, you may ask for help. Staff Sgt. Andrew Northnagle of the 10th Communications Squadron knows this well. The sergeant and his wife were adjusting to life in Colorado in 2014 after a change of assignment

  • Former USAFA exchange student 'flies over' Academy

    Just after 11:30 a.m. April 19, French air force Maj. Nicolas Lieumont was flying with his Patrouille France team above Colorado Springs and about to enter the Air Force Academy airspace.The former Academy exchange student said he can’t help but feel nostalgia upon seeing the familiar scenery of