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  • Athletic Director Mueh announces plans to retire in 2015

    The Academy's athletic director announced this week that he'll retire in 2015, after more than a decade overseeing all the institution's athletic programs.Since taking the position in 2004, Dr. Hans Mueh, a retired brigadier general and an Academy graduate, has been credited with streamlining the

  • 18 Academy NCOs selected for promotion to master sgt.

    Eighteen Academy NCOs were among the more than 4,000 selected across the Air Force for promotion to master sergeant, Air Force officials announced today.The 4,073 selected represent a 17.96 percent selection rate, with an average selectee overall score of 352.55. Selectees' average time in grade was

  • More tickets available for graduation

    Additional free, reserved-seat tickets for the Academy's Class of 2014 Graduation Ceremony are now available one of three locations in the Pike's Peak Region. Tickets must be picked up in person at one of three locations:· The Business Alliance offices at 102 S. Tejon Street, Suite 430, in Colorado

  • Wings of Blue celebrates its 50th Anniversary

    The Academy celebrated the golden anniversary of the Wings of Blue parachute team May 16 with an open house at the 98th Flying Training Squadron, a "Blue Suit" ceremony to induct new members, and a banquet attended by alumni and senior leaders. There were five members on the original Wings of Blue

  • Academy to hold town hall meeting on airfield operation changes

    The Academy is scheduled to discuss upcoming changes to flying training activities in a town hall meeting May 29, 6 p.m. at Discovery Canyon Campus.Representatives from the Academy and the 306th Flying Training Group, the organization charged with airfield operations at the Academy, will provide a

  • Cadets get historical weapons lesson

    Academy cadets got a chance to experience U.S. history firsthand during the Cadet History Club's Historical Weapons Shoot at a Fort Carson firing range, May 9. Twenty cadets and Academy faculty members fired nearly 2,000 rounds from more than 20 different weapons during the event, hosted by the

  • Class of '14 graduation tickets now available

    Approximately 600 free, reserved-seat tickets for the Academy's Class of 2014 Graduation Ceremony will be available Friday at locations along the Front Range. Tickets must be picked up in person at one of three locations:· The Business Alliance offices at 102 S. Tejon Street, Suite 430, in Colorado

  • Academy officer nominated to become permanent professor

    Lt. Col. Troy Harting has been nominated as permanent professor of the Academy's department of management.Congress will confirm the nomination in July.Harting, a 1993 Academy graduate, brings academic experience from the fields of Philosophy, Management and Business Administration. As a permanent

  • Cadets compete, work to enhance physical therapy

    Five cadets from the Technological Innovation 419-420 class here competed in the first annual Blue Ocean Enterprises Challenge May 2 at Colorado State University, presenting a design that could make physical therapy more efficient and allow patients to perform accurate movements at home. Over 100

  • Class of '14 votes for its top professors

    Dr. Robert Noyd from the Biology Department and Lt. Col. Brian Payne from the Management Department were selected to receive the Academy's 2014 Heiser Awards. The awards were presented to the winners by Cadet 1st Class Reuben Luoma-Overstreet, the Cadet Wing commander, and Cadet 2nd Class Courtney