13 Oct 2021

Academy prep school commander stays ‘Husky Strong’ in battle with cancer

The commander of the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School balances her fight against ovarian cancer with her responsibilities of leading more than 1,000 cadet candidates. Colonel Melissa Youderian says the prep school's Husky Strong Program promotes resiliency among staff and preppies during tough times.

15 Apr 2021

Academy remembers millions lost in Holocaust

A Holocaust survivor was the guest speaker during the Air Force Academy’s Days of Remembrance Ceremony, April 7.

13 Apr 2021

Academy dean recognizes excellent research at annual awards ceremony

Despite challenges the coronavirus created for the Defense Department and the U.S. over the last year, research at the Air Force Academy is still thriving and celebrated.

30 Mar 2021

Discussing war: Academy cadets get senior officials’ perspectives of U.S. combat operations

Cadets studying history at the Air Force Academy spent time with national strategy experts earlier this year to discuss the American way of war. Their assignment was part of Lt. Col. Ryan Menath’s “American Way of War” class, designed to spark critical analysis about modern war fighting among classes’ 101 students.

2 Mar 2021

Engineering Week Feature Series Wrap Up: Imagining tomorrow

Engineering Week at the Air Force Academy wrapped up Feb. 27 after seven days of showcasing cadets and faculty engineers working on a slew of projects to benefit the Air and Space Forces.

26 Feb 2021

Engineering Week feature series: Academy’s engineering cadets accelerate technological change

Engineering Week at the Air Force Academy continues with cadets and faculty relying on agility, empowerment and innovation.

24 Feb 2021

Engineering Week feature series: ‘Engineering touches every corner of your life’

This is part 1 in a series highlighting National Engineering Week and the research of cadets and faculty at the Air Force Academy.

27 Jan 2021

Safely serving cadets: Academy’s dining hall staff overcomes COVID-19 challenges to feed thousands

Feeding thousands of cadets three times a day, every day, seems a daunting accomplishment in itself, so it’s understandable if serving the entire cadet wing during a pandemic would seem very difficult at best and impossible at worst. Beth Claude, Mitchell Hall’s director, said the logistical maneuvering needed to feed cadets safely is challenging, but she and her staff of 170 administrators, cooks, dietitians, food servers, material handlers and others, and are up to the task.

14 Dec 2020

‘Mission success is a team sport’: Col. Otis Jones shares priorities, leadership philosophies after 5 months in vice superintendent seat

Col. Otis Jones, the Air Force Academy's vice superintendent, shares his leadership philosophy and says his guiding fundamentals are faith, family and fitness.

2 Nov 2020

2018 Academy grad shares MMIII test launch experience with mother

In the early morning of June 8, 1994, then-1st Lt. Linda Tonnies, a 740th Missile Squadron operator at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, turned the launch key to launch an unarmed Minuteman III ICBM for Glory Trip 155 at Vandenberg AFB, California. Little did she know that 26 years later, her daughter 1st. Lt. Taylor Tonnies, 742nd Missile Squadron operator, Minot AFB, would do the same.