• ’04 grad, female aviator, trains Afghan air force

    Maj. Mary Clark, a UH-1N Huey instructor pilot and the 58th Operations Support Squadron's assistant director of operations at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., knows what it takes to make a good helicopter pilot.Contributing to the growing Afghan air force, Clark trained pilots at Shindand Air Base,

  • Academy Airman helps Afghan interpreter start new life in US

    Two months after the inside attack on eight American Airmen and a civilian adviser in Kabul, Afghanistan, an Airman now stationed at the Academy deployed to the country to take on the same job as the fallen victims, known as the "NATC-A NINE."Master Sgt. Michael Simon, now an Academy Military

  • Pathways to Excellence team envisions changes to improve cadets' schedules

    How many days are in a week? If you're involved with scheduling cadet activities here, the answer is "two."But the Air Force Academy is now examining whether the M-day, T-day schedule it's used for 60 years should be replaced. Dr. Dave LaRivee leads the seven-person Pathways to Excellence team,

  • 'One kid at a time': Cadet STEM Club is committed to community

    Nine hundred forty six hours. In the life of a U.S. Air Force Academy cadet that time could be spent studying, on the athletic fields or catching up on sleep.But for 470 cadets in the Cadet STEM Club - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics - it's the amount of time they spend annually at

  • Ski club offers new skills, Colorado adventure to cadets

    One way cadets can get away and experience the mountains this winter is by hitting the slopes with the recreational ski club here.The cadet-run club offers weekly trips November-March, presenting cadets the opportunity to ski or snowboard affordably, meet new people and take on a new hobby."When

  • Academy ‘defender’ completes Ranger Assessment Course

    A long, silent line of men march in darkness late one night in October on a training range at Creech Air Field, Indian Springs, Nev., carrying 60 to 70 pounds of tactical gear under the blaze of a starry sky.Senior Airman Joseph Massoglia, a 10th Security Forces Squadron evaluator at the Academy,