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  • Falcon Football: Air Force dominates Hawaii, 58-7

    Falcon football got back on the winning track with a crushing 58-7 win over the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors in Honolulu Oct. 31.Air Force controlled the game from its opening drive, when junior Jacobi Owens crossed the goal line from two yards out to start Air Force's scoring spree.Tailback Owens played

  • Plaza of Heroes dedication ceremony to honor Academy's Vietnam veterans

    The Southeast Asia Plaza of Heroes Dedication Ceremony honoring the Air Force Academy's Vietnam veterans, is scheduled for 11 a.m., Nov. 6 on the Heritage Trail at Doolittle Hall.The event will honor the Academy's only Medal of Honor recipient, Capt. Lance Sijan, and its16 Air Force Cross recipients

  • Academy grad makes 2nd spacewalk

    Kjell Lindgren, a 1995 Air Force Academy graduate and astronaut aboard the International Space Station, took his second walk in space Nov. 6. Lindgren and astronaut Scott Kelly spent about six hours outside the ISS, floating more than 200 miles above the Earth, to work on the spacecraft's cooling

  • Prep School beats Fire Dept. 26-7, takes Intramural Football Championship

    The U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School took their third Intramural Football Championship in four years here Oct. 17 when they defeated the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department 26-7.Fire Dept. struck first, with quarterback Dan Garcia engineering a pass-heavy scoring drive, culminating

  • Academy grads, generals testify on F-35 progress

    Leaders in the F-35 Lightning II Joint Program Office and the Air Force F-35 Integration Office testified on the fifth-generation aircraft's development before a House Armed Services subcommittee Oct. 21 on Capitol Hill.Fielding a number of questions from Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee

  • Taking the 'LEAD': 3 former enlisted Airmen are junior cadets at Academy

    Three formerly enlisted airmen who took advantage of the Leaders Encouraging Airman Development program are now cadets at the Air Force Academy.  Cadets 2nd Class Chris Bissing, Dustin Johannsen and Krista Kelly, were selected through the program in 2012. All three began their freshman year in

  • Academy staff, cadets support Waldo Canyon fire restoration fundraiser

    Airmen and cadets from the Air Force Academy lent their volunteer support to a colorful Colorado Springs event, the fourth annual Waldo Waldo 5K, Oct. 17.The annual fundraiser raised money for local nonprofits that support Waldo Canyon restoration, disaster relief, fire recovery and trail and open

  • Academy grad earns spot on Air Force Pistol Team with brother

    Tucker Sears grew up with his three older brothers in Graham, Texas, all of them learning how to shoot BB guns and eventually moving up to .22-caliber rifles.This love of guns led to plenty of hunting trips with his brothers and grandfather, but when Tucker was 12, his oldest brother, Terrence,

  • Academy supt. says Polaris Hall construction almost complete

    Most of the major construction on the Air Force Academy's Center for Character and Leadership Development, a $49 million project financed by the government and hundreds of private donors, will be complete by the end of the year, said the Academy's superintendent, Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson.The cost