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  • Former chief of staff, Academy grad, to receive T.D. White Award

    Retired Gen. Norton Schwartz, a 1973 Air Force Academy graduate and the Air Force's 19th chief of staff, is scheduled to receive the 2013 Thomas D. White National Defense Award here at a Sept. 9 ceremony and parade.He won the award in 2013 but was unable to accept the award in person until now.Named

  • Parents' Weekend expected to bring thousands to Pikes Peak region

    A peek inside cadet life awaits cadet parents and families at the Academy's annual Parents' Weekend, Sept. 2-7.The major influx begins Sept. 3 with several thousand visitors expected to arrive in the Pikes Peak Region for events at the Academy and to visit attractions in the local area.The first

  • Men's Soccer: Air Force downs Army 1-0 in double-overtime season opener

    The Air Force Falcons beat the Army Black Knights 1-0 in a double-overtime matchup at the Cadet Soccer Stadium here August 28.The Falcons held a 19-10 advantage in shots and 9-1 advantage in shots on goal.The game-winning play came at the 1:04:43 mark when Falcon defender A.J. Esparza scored from

  • Arnold Hall renovations bring student center into 21st Century

    A $1.49 million project to renovate several interior spaces of Arnold Hall is scheduled to be completed early next year, said officials at the Air Force Academy August 25. The multi-phase project was paid for by a combination of appropriated and non-appropriated funds, to modernize the Academy's

  • Cadets research social media at Facebook headquarters

    Editor's note: This is the first 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

  • Golf Course takes Recreational Softball Championship

    Golf Course took its third-straight title when they defeated Finance-306th Flying Training Group 27-18 in the Recreational Softball Championship here August 11.Golf Couse ended the regular season in first place (8-2). Finance-306th FTG started the season at 0-3 and finished in second place

  • Academy grad, pilot chases Olympic dreams

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series. These stories focus on individual Airmen, highlighting their Air Force story.)It's early morning, the sun is bright and warm but the air is still cool. Sitting on the maroon colored track, he slides his bright-red running shoes over his

  • Academy Airmen selected for staff sgt. promotion

    The Air Force released the names of the 13,269 Airmen selected for promotion to staff sergeant August 20.Several of those Airmen are assigned to the Air Force Academy, including Senior Airman Christopher Boyd of the 10th Security Forces Squadron."Finding out that I made staff sergeant is pretty

  • Air Force Academy, Air Force SARCs enhance skills at refresher course

    The Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response office concluded a five-day annual refresher course for nearly 130 Air Force sexual assault response coordinators at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, Virginia, Aug. 3-7.The SARCs participated in prevention, policy and training lessons

  • 9th chief master sgt. of the Air Force laid to rest

    "If you've met Chief Binnicker, you've met an icon -- a hero, a legend," said Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, James A. Cody.Cody said these words as he delivered the eulogy for former Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James C. Binnicker at the Fort Meyer post chapel in Arlington, Virginia, Aug.