Features

May 3, 2013
Dining out with Alton Brown

Popular chef and television personality Alton Brown charmed cadets, faculty and staff from the Academy's Chemistry Department with witty humor and food science knowledge April 26, during the eighth-annual Chemistry Majors Dining-Out event at the Antlers Hilton. Approximately 150 cadets, professors,
April 26, 2013
Saddle up: First cadet to qualify for national equestrian tournament to compete May 2-5

Every time Cadet 1st Class John Ploschnitznig heads down to the Equestrian Center stables here, he never knows what to expect from "Hollywood," the Academy-owned 9-year-old horse he rides. The tall, black thoroughbred may be feeling energized and ready to jump a fence, or sluggish and only want to
April 11, 2013
Better, faster, stronger: Human Performance Lab tests, expands cadets' strength, techniques

Academy athletes may think they're working their muscles to the max at 7,200 feet, but it's not until they train in the hyperoxic tent at the Academy's Human Performance Lab where their physical limits are put to the test. The lab's latest technology allows athletes, cadets and active-duty Airmen
April 10, 2013
Holocaust survivor, author speak at Academy's Holocaust Remembrance

Eighteen: That's the age of many of the young men and women who join the Air Force Academy each year. It's how old Renee Rockford was when she traveled to Tel Aviv, Israel, to report on the World Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in 1980.Eighteen was the age of her father, David Bram, when the
April 1, 2013
Air Force women's tennis: Concentration on the court

The Academy's women's tennis team has made a lot of racket lately, holding a 12-5 record this season, winning eight straight matches and defeating the University of Colorado for the first time in 15 years. Cadet 1st Class Hannah Dake can't tell you the number of hours she's spent on the tennis court
March 27, 2013
Moon landing catapults Helms' interest in space

When Neil Armstrong made history with man's first footsteps on the moon, Susan Helms needed a little nudging from her mom to get excited. And get excited she did. She realized that there would never be another first step on the moon, and even as a young 11-year-old, knew the feat was something
March 21, 2013
Cadet's ionic liquids research will help DOD investigators

Cadet 1st Class Yasmin Sarmiento wasn't working on just any science project during her internship last summer. Instead, she was busy analyzing chemical solutions that could transform the process of criminal investigations. Sarmiento, a materials chemistry major here, spent her summer at the U.S.
March 15, 2013
'What women can do': Female air training officers tore down walls

Nearly 33 years ago, the first female Academy graduate strode across the Falcon Stadium grounds to receive her diploma, but she wasn't the first to prove what women in the military are capable of.In 1976, 12 female lieutenants from across the Air Force were selected to serve as Air Training Officers
March 14, 2013
Academy scientist pursues physics, teaches cadets about experiences, experiments

Academy research scientist Reni Ayachitula didn't always see herself spending hours in the lab, conducting elaborate experiments.For more than a year, Ayachitula has worked with cadets in the Laser and Optics Research Center. She initially studied English in college, she said, but switched to
March 8, 2013
A Tale of Two Brothers, Part 2

Lt. Col. Joe Fulton and his brother, Capt. Tom Fulton, spent nearly 20 years apart after graduating from Roscommon High School in Roscommon, Mich., in the late 1980s. Joe, the Astronautics Department's deputy head, earned a degree before entering the Air Force as an officer. Tom, a calculus