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  • Academy freshmen get ‘recognized’

    “Recognition” for freshmen cadets at the Air Force Academy was in full swing March 10-12 as hundreds of four degrees sprinted across campus, exercised, and did their best to follow the loud orders of senior cadets.  The three-day event is a challenge freshmen must endure before earning the status of

  • Cadets, local students share research at CSURF

    More than 160 Air Force Academy cadets participated in the Colorado Springs Undergraduate Research Forum April 2 at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.  The CSURF is a collaborative event focusing on the accomplishments of undergraduates from the Academy, Colorado College and UCCS.  “The

  • Air Force junior makes Olympic team

     An Air Force Academy cadet earned a spot on the USA Shooting Team and is scheduled to compete in Rio this summer at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. Cadet 2nd Class David Higgins, of San Clemente, California, qualified for the Olympics during the three-day Olympic Team Trials shooting competition

  • Cadets celebrate Academy with Founders Day Parade 

    The cadet wing moved their annual march in honor of Founders Day to the terrazzo April 2 due to the snow that covered Stillman Parade Field. Cadets assigned to the Academy’s 40-sqaudron wing marched in the parade. Founders Day is a traditional celebration of the legacy and future of the Air Force

  • Academy asks help in reporting potholes, road damage

    Civil engineers at the Air Force Academy are asking drivers to report potholes and road damage.  Repairs crews are trying to repair damage from last year, and these reports will help prioritize repair projects at the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron, said john Sutherland, a pavements, maintenance and

  • Academy to host 5km to raise money for AFAF

    A 5k run is scheduled here to drum-up donations for the Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign, 9 a.m., April 9 at the base’s Par Course.  Entry fees collected at the event will be donated to the campaign. Those entry fees are $10 for cadets and airmen through senior airmen; $15 for staff and technical

  • Cadets give up spring break for good cause

    Fourteen cadets gave up their spring break to build homes for Habitat for Humanity as part of the Academy’s alternate spring break program March 21-25 in Sacramento.             A total of 75 Air Force Academy cadets volunteered with Habitat for Humanity this year, in six cities: Sacramento,

  • Cadet instructor pilots teach Academy sophomores to soar in Arizona

    Blizzard-like conditions may have struck the U.S. Air Force Academy earlier this month, but in Arizona the weather was perfect for cadet instructor pilots who taught Academy sophomores the art of soaring in Coolidge, Arizona.   During their two-week trip to Arizona, 15 cadets and four officers from