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  • Falcon football holds Fan Day

    Falcon football fans got the opportunity to get up close and personal with the team during the seventh annual Falcon Football Fan Day Aug. 9 at Falcon Stadium.Approximately 2,000 fans came out to watch the team practice and interact with the team."Fan Day is a community event that Air Force football

  • SPIRE volunteers attend leadership training

    Academy chaplains and local representatives of various faith groups attended Special Program in Religious Education training Aug. 4 at the Sijan Hall Oasis to help encourage religious respect and allow cadets to freely exercise their faith.About 60 volunteers from Buddhist, Earth-Centered, Greek

  • Class of 2018 finishes BCT with Acceptance Day Parade

    The Class of 2018 joined the ranks of the Cadet Wing this morning, when basic cadets transitioned to Cadets 4th Class or "doolies" during the Acceptance Parade at the Academy's Stillman Field.One thousand one hundred and forty-seven basics completed five weeks of mental and physical training, where

  • Superintendent addresses upper-class cadets as academic year starts

    Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson met with cadets in the classes of 2015 and 2016, Aug. 4, to welcome them back to the Academy and to discuss how the Academy's leaders intend to make the Academy experience more meaningful in the coming academic years."You guys are the

  • Summer flying programs achieving success despite thunderstorms, setbacks

    Since early June, summer Airmanship training here has been in full swing, allowing 935 cadets to get experience in soaring, powered flight and parachute operations.Under the 306th Flying Training Group, the course completion rate for the Academy's soaring program is near 100 percent, and its number

  • USAFA hosts leadership roundtable with ATF

    The Academy shared its take on character and leadership development with federal law enforcement executives Tuesday at Arnold Hall to inspire them to lead and lift others and enhance mission success. Center for Character and Leadership Development officials hosted a round table discussion with over

  • Air Force cadet learns messy side of waste-to-energy research

    It's been described as a 200-gallon cow's stomach, and for Air Force Academy cadet Marcus Penner it's been a big part of his summer break.For six weeks, Penner, a biology major and senior at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., worked alongside scientists at the Air Force Civil Engineer

  • Academy holds first flag retirement ceremony

    Academy cadets, senior leaders and local veterans gathered to pay respect to 647 flags that needed to be retired from service during the Academy's first flag retirement ceremony May 22 on the Terrazzo. The Cadet Honor Guard saluted and properly disposed old, tattered flags donated by the American

  • Prep School fitness program targets improvement

    A new program was set in motion earlier this year to assist Prep School cadet candidates improve their physical fitness test score.The supplemental fitness program is a three-day-per-week program designed to help cadet candidates struggling to pass the Academy's cadet PFT."The program has been