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  • USAFA first responders save life at county fair

    Two first responders stationed here saved the life of a lightning strike victim at the El Paso County fair July 19. Andrea Caraway and Tommy Disario, both fire inspectors for the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire and Emergency Services flight, volunteered to work at the fair’s medical tent as part

  • 28 selected for promotion to technical sergeant

    Twenty-eight Academy staff sergeants found out they were selected for promotion to technical sergeant July 21.The 7,501 technical sergeant selects represent 22.35 percent of the 33,569 staff sergeants eligible for promotion across the Air Force. The selects will be promoted according to their

  • Academy hosts STEM teacher boot camp

    Teachers went to class and learned to play like children, to help bring science curriculum home to their respective students. The U.S. Air Force Academy hosted its annual STEM teacher boot camp July 19-21, bringing in 110 K-12 teachers from across Colorado and several other states, to improve STEM

  • Cadet trainees compete in Field Day

    Basic Cadets from the class of 2020 competed in the Air Force Academy's Field Day. An annual event that tests the teamwork and athletic skills of basic cadets. The competitive activity marked the halfway point of Basic Cadet Training for more than 1,000 basic cadets and featured a long distance run,

  • Cadets still need sponsors

    The Cadet Sponsor Program needs cadet sponsor families for the Class of 2020. Master Sergeant  Alok Padhi, the acting director of the Cadet Sponsor Program, said sponsor families build a professional supporting relationship and provide a home-away-from-home for cadets.  “Sponsor families are

  • Acceptance Day Parade scheduled for Aug 9

    The Class of 2020 will join the cadet wing on Acceptance Day, 9 a.m., August 9, at Stillman Parade Field. Acceptance Day formalizes cadets’ transition from basic trainees to cadets fourth class. "Acceptance Day is another celebration of the grit and determination of cadet trainees who successfully

  • Cale Simmons, Academy grad, qualifies for Olympics

    Air Force Academy graduate Cale Simmons celebrated the Fourth of July by claiming a spot on the U.S. Olympic Team.  He earned a place on the Team USA pole-vault squad after finishing second at the Olympic Trials at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.   The 2013 Academy graduate entered the competition

  • Finishing the fight: IDF soldiers visit Academy

    Israeli Defense Force soldiers visited the Air Force Academy June 22 to check out the school’s hand-to-hand combat training. Their stopover was part of a two-week visit to the U.S. to compare the IDF’s hand-to-hand combat and grappling training to similar training at U.S. military and civilian

  • Combat Conditioning club competes in ESPN Battlefrog College Championship

    The Air Force Academy’s Cadet Combat Conditioning Team debuted June 30 during the 2016 ESPN Battlefrog College Championship. Former cadet 2nd Lt. Sandra Suito, Cadets 2nd Class Parker Gray and Matthew Blackburn, and Cadet 3rd Class Julia Corton, competed in the Battlefrog season 2 championship over