Press Releases

  • Media advisory: Academy to conduct base exercise, Thurs, March 5

    The Academy will conduct a base-wide emergency management exercise Thursday, March 5.There may be some delays at both gates on Thursday and visitors may observe activities related to emergency response. Academy officials want to assure the public that this activity is planned and controlled, and ask

  • Skiing accident results in cadet fatality

    An Air Force Academy cadet died during a skiing accident at Keystone Resort, Summit County, this past weekend, officials announced.Cadet 4th Class John "Jack"  Lindsey was pronounced dead at the scene by the Summit County Coroner Saturday. The cause of death was determined to be an accident.Academy

  • ACADEMY TENTATIVELY SELECTS NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

    The Air Force Academy is pleased to announce it has tentatively selected Mr. James A. Knowlton as its new Athletic Director.   Mr. Knowlton served as the Athletic Director for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for the past seven years.As with any federal hiring process, the new hire is not official

  • Academy takes action against men's gymnastics team

    Since taking command, Academy Superintendent Lieutenant General Michelle D. Johnson has pledged to hold those who fail to live up to standards accountable with complete transparency to the maximum extent permitted by law.* Incidents over the past year have revealed a pattern of unprofessional

  • Academy reviewing alleged honor violations

    The Air Force's Academy identified approximately 40 of its 500 fourth class cadets (freshmen) enrolled in Chemistry 100 (a core freshman course) for suspected Honor Code violations. Portions of a lab report assignment were allegedly copied and not documented either from previous semester reports or

  • Air Force fencer performs life-saving action

    Air Force sophomore fencer Madeleine Girardot, Atlanta, CS-23, performed the life-saving Heimlich maneuver on a young fencer, Helen Landwehr from Colorado Springs while at the North American Cup in Virginia Beach, Jan. 18. Girardot is a second year cadet on the fencing team.As told by Head Coach

  • Cadets jump for national title

    Cadets from the Air Force Academy's Wings of Blue parachute team are giving up their holiday break to dive for another national championship Dec. 27-Jan. 2 at the 2013 National Collegiate Parachuting Championships in Lake Wales, Fla.The airborne action starts Dec. 28 with the 4-way formation

  • Wings of Blue jumps Buffalo Wild Wings, Orange Bowls

    An Air Force Academy team takes the field at two bowl games during this college bowl season. Cadets from the Air Force Academy's Wings of Blue parachute demonstration and competition team are giving up their holiday break to dive into theBuffalo Wild Wings Bowl on Dec. 28, and the Orange Bowl on

  • Academy to hold town hall on airfield operations changes

    The Air Force Academy will hold a town hall in the gymnasium of The Classical Academy, East Campus, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. to discuss recent changes in airfield operations.Representatives from the Academy and the 306th Flying Training Group, the organization charged with airfield operations at the

  • NORTH GATE BOULEVARD REOPENS OCT. 10 AT 11 AM

    - The Air Force Academy's North Gate Boulevard access will be fully operational at 11 a.m. on Oct. 10. The segment has been closed to traffic since Sept. 22 so workers could expedite roundabout construction, improvements to North Gate Boulevard, and the removal of three outdated loop ramps.