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  • 2010 grad dies from medical complications

    A 2010 Air Force Academy graduate assigned to Schriever Air Force Base died of medical complications Nov. 29 at Penrose Main Saint Francis Hospital in Colorado Springs.First Lt. Nicholas Goirigolzarri was assigned to the 50th Operations Group Standardization and Evaluation Division following a

  • Grad’s long-lost ring returns to Academy

    The 21st secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne spoke to the Class of '63 Oct. 24 during their 50-year reunion at Arnold Hall here to dedicate a class ring that belonged to his brother Patrick Wynne, a '63 grad who perished in the Vietnam War.Wynne spoke to approximately 250 of Patrick's

  • Academy grad signs with Kansas City Chiefs

    An Air Force Academy graduate and reservist marks another first in his pro football career this week, when he starts the season on an NFL roster.Chad Hall is at practice this week as a wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs. This is Hall's fourth season with the NFL and the first time he will be

  • 11 added to Academy's Class of 2013

    Eleven newly commissioned second lieutenants joined the Long Blue Line at the Academy's summer graduation and commissioning ceremony Aug. 2 in the Arnold Hall ballroom. The ceremony brings the Class of 2013's total graduates to 1,035, inlcluding 10 international graduates and five officers who

  • AF secretary to Class of 2013: Next chapter of your story begins today

    A total of 1,024 cadets graduated from the Air Force Academy today following a commencement address by Secretary of the Air Force Mike Donley.Donley congratulated the graduates on overcoming the stringent physical and mental challenges they faced through their four-year Academy experiences."Getting

  • AF 7 Summits team scales Everest

    A group of Airmen with the Air Force Seven Summits team, including four Air Force Academy graduates, reached the highest point of the world, Mount Everest (29,035 ft.) just after 5 a.m. local time May 19. The success marks the first time a team of military members from any nation has reached the

  • Academy grad identified in Afghanistan crash

    Air Force officials have confirmed a Shaw Air Force Base F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot was killed April 3 after his aircraft crashed in Afghanistan while returning to base from a close air support mission.The pilot, Capt. James Steel, 29, graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2006, completed pilot

  • Academy to celebrate Founders Day

    The Air Force Academy will celebrate Founders Day with a presentation of the Association of Graduates' Distinguished Graduate Award April 5 at noon in Mitchell Hall, followed by a Founders Day dinner at the Falcon Club that evening and a parade on the Stillman Parade Field April 6 at 10 a.m.Founders

  • Former Aviano pilot to be buried at Academy

    A 2003 graduate of the Air Force Academy will be buried at the Academy Cemetery with full military honors March 22.Maj. Lucas Gruenther, 33, was killed when his F-16 Fighting Falcon crashed into the Adriatic Sea during a nighttime mission Jan. 28.Gruenther was the chief of flight safety for the 31st

  • Academy holds memorial service for first African-American graduate

    Charles V. Bush, a graduate of the Air Force Academy's Class of 1963 and a Vietnam veteran, was laid to rest during a memorial service at the Academy's Memorial Pavilion March 16.Bush, also known as "BG-1" for being the Academy's first black graduate, died Nov. 5, 2012, at his home in Lolo,