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  • Religious respect conference attendees discuss Academy's progress

    Representatives from Air Force major commands, religious endorsing organizations, First Amendment watchdog groups and others gathered at the Air Force Academy Oct. 30-31 to review the religious climate here.Chief among the topics discussed was the religious respect training program, which was

  • Cadets introduce local kids to Cool Science

    Leave it to cadets to make science cool.Cadets in three science-related clubs headed downtown Saturday and Sunday to get schoolchildren interested in what is all-too-often considered a boring or dry career path.Cadets with the Physics and Astronomy Club and the Chemistry Club performed

  • In their honor: Cadets run to remember POWs, MIAs, victims of 9/11

    Air Force Academy and U.S. Northern Command Headquarters Airmen joined forces Sept. 13 to run in remembrance of the 9/11 attacks and service members who were prisoners of war or missing in action from past conflicts.The run began at noon at the USNORTHCOM headquarters when Army Maj. Gen. Charles D.

  • Donations spark interest in space

    The Academy's Astronautics Department donated four surplus spacecraft models to the Discovery Canyon Campus Aug. 30 to continue generating enthusiasm for careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM.The department was cleaning up its laboratory and, rather than putting the

  • Cadets, staff to volunteer at 'Race for the Cure'

    More than 100 Air Force Academy cadets and staff members will take part as volunteers and runners for Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure events Saturday and Sunday at Garden of the Gods Park in western Colorado Springs.Academy volunteers, organized primarily through Cadet Squadron 11, comprise roughly

  • Clinic officials clarify enrollment changes at town hall

    The 10th Medical Group commander held a town hall meeting at the Community Center auditorium here Jan. 17 to answer questions from the retiree community about the medical group's decision not to accept new Tricare Plus enrollments.Those who turned 65 before Jan. 1 and are currently enrolled with the

  • Academy superintendent joins local education leaders for panel discussion

    The Colorado Springs World Affairs Council shined a spotlight on education in the United States at a panel discussion Thursday, and the Air Force Academy was well represented.Leading the way as the moderator was Dr. Sky Foerster, the new president of the Springs' World Affairs Council and also the

  • Medical missions honor life of late Air Force doctor

    When Mark Backlin decided to start a medical foundation in his wife's memory, he had no clue what he was about to get into. "I didn't know at all how foundations worked or how to raise money. I just decided that's what I was going to do no matter what anybody said," said Backlin, who is a managing

  • Academy to donate $1,200 to food bank

    Air Force Academy chaplains and the Cadet Interfaith Council are scheduled to present a $1,200 check along with 125 cans of food to the Care and Share Food Bank of Southern Colorado at the food bank's site in Colorado Springs, Colo., Nov. 12 between 1 and 3 p.m.The donation comes from tithes and