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  • Academy grad takes part in NATO program to develop tactical leaders

    Fighter pilots from seven allied countries, including the U.S., U.K., Spain, Czech Republic, Greece, Poland and Italy, completed the NATO Tactical Leadership Program here Oct. 9.Six F-15C Eagles and more than 100 personnel from the 48th Fighter Wing at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England,

  • Funeral scheduled for Academy officer killed in Afghanistan

    The funeral service for Maj. Phyllis Pelky will take place at 10 a.m., Oct. 26, at the Air Force Academy's Cadet Chapel.Pelky, 45, was killed in a non-hostile helicopter crash near Kabul, Afghanistan Oct. 11. She was one of five killed and five injured in the accident aboard a British Puma Mk2

  • Academy hosts Audience with an Astronaut

    More than 350 students from the Colorado Springs area attended Audience with an Astronaut, a Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics outreach event, here Oct. 7.Audience with an Astronaut is an annual event hosted by the Academy's Astronautics Department and the Space Foundation to

  • Cadet improves production levels at WalMart distribution center

    Editor's note: This is the third story in a three-part series on the Air Force Academy's Cadet Summer Research Program. Each summer, through the CSRP, more than 100 cadets spend several weeks at private and public research facilities around the world where they apply their classroom knowledge to a

  • Desktop icon gives Airmen, cadets, families easy access to helping agencies

    A desktop icon installed on desktop computers here in March provides easy access to helping agencies such as the Airman and Family Readiness Center, mental health and Military One Source.The desktop icon links to a website that lists what helping agencies are available for cadets, cadet candidates,

  • Airmen in C-130 crash identified, memorialized; 1 is Academy grad

    The six Airmen assigned to the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing who died Oct. 2 when their C-130J Super Hercules crashed shortly after takeoff from Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, were identified Oct. 3 by the Defense Department.Killed in the crash were: Capt. Jordan Pierson, a 2010 graduate of the Air

  • Air Force kicks off Energy Action Month

    October is Energy Action Month throughout the federal government and in the Air Force. During the month, the Air Force will run several campaigns in order to promote using energy wisely.In 2012, President Barack Obama issued a presidential proclamation declaring October as National Energy Action

  • 10th CES gets Academy ready for snow, releases snow-route map

    Colorado stands a good chance of getting snow earlier than expected this year due to El Nino weather pattern currently affecting the West Coast, according to a National Weather Service report released Oct. 1.As temperatures begin to drop across the Centennial State, snow removal crews from the 10th

  • Air Force to take on Navy in rugby match-up

    Air Force will meet Navy on the rugby pitch Oct. 2 at the U.S. Naval Academy, Maryland. The winning team will take home  -- or in the case of Air Force, keep -- the Lt. Col. Kevin M. Shea Memorial Rugby Cup. Shea was a 1989 Air Force Academy graduate and a member of coach Vern Francis' 1989 National

  • Cadets to volunteer along Front Range Sept. 25

    Approximately 3,500 Air Force Academy cadets will perform volunteer work for 48 community organizations along the Front Range, Sept. 25. The volunteer work sites for cadets will range in location from Peyton to Florissant, and Monument to Widefield. The Start times vary depending on the distance the