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  • Inprocessing: Today's blur is tomorrow's memory

    The Class of 2015 started their journey into the Air Force June 23. The young men and women probably won't remember many details of their first day, but they'll almost certainly remember stepping off the bus and finding a pair of footprints.'Get off my bus!'I spent a few minutes talking with Cadet

  • From CAS to Class ... of '15: JTAC joins Long Blue Line

    Nearly 13,000 Air Force Academy applicants vied for about 1,150 slots in the incoming class, competing in academics, leadership and physical readiness to make the final cut and join the Long Blue Line on June 23.For one member of the Class of 2015, you can also add one more obstacle: the Taliban.

  • Engineering cadets hit the road

    When you absolutely, positively need something blown up overnight, you call the U.S. Air Force. And when you need an airfield built by Tuesday, you call Air Force civil engineers.The Air Force Academy's Field Engineering Readiness Laboratory prepares cadets majoring in civil and bioenvironmental

  • High school students wake up to Academy experience

    About 350 high-school students found out the morning of June 7, about a half hour before sunrise, what distinguishes the Air Force Academy from other four-year colleges.A half-second blast from an air horn signaled cadets to spring into action at 5:10 a.m. They pounded on doors, yelling, "Wake up!

  • New 'milkstool' design may save dollars, backs

    A C-130 Hercules ramp support platform designed by four cadets here in May could save not only Air Force dollars but also the backs of the loadmasters who currently drag around 75-pound monstrosities.The newly designed "milkstool," as the ramp support platform is called, would weigh 20 pounds while

  • 'Writing is on the wall' at JBB war memorial

    The writing on the walls is clear for all to see.Servicemembers left messages as a way to commemorate the comrades they had lost. Those who were wounded left their marks to thank medical staff members. Comments from well-wishers also were dotted throughout the room. With U.S. forces committed to

  • Desert student appointed to Academy

    A Desert Junior/Senior High School student is preparing to leave for Colorado Springs, Colo., after winning her congressman's principal nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy.Courtney Bishop was named Rep. Kevin McCarthy's top pick and also received an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in

  • Laughlin AFB amputee earns his wings

    Earning the coveted silver pilot wings is a long and difficult journey allowing only a small percentage of officers to earn the right to be called a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.By becoming the first amputee to graduate from pilot training, 1st Lt. Ryan P. McGuire earned his spot among the elite

  • Sisters' legacy makes Academy history

    Many graduates speak of the lifelong bonds they make with classmates during their four years at the Air Force Academy. For the Robillard family, the shared challenges, failures and triumphs of the Academy experience made a close-knit group of four sisters that much closer.As twins Alicia and Amanda

  • Academy gains a piece of WWII crypto history

    On a table in Dr. Barry Fagin's office sits a plain gray box that weighs about 30 pounds and smells of machinery and dusty paper. Its nondescript appearance, however, belies its significance: in the right hands, a box like this may have saved millions of lives during World War II.The box holds a