Press Releases

  • 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22 so workers could expedite roundabout construction, improvements to North Gate Boulevard, and the removal of three outdated loop ramps.

  • Academy adds 11 more graduates to the long blue line

    The Air Force Academy adds 11 new graduates to the Air Force today at 11 a.m., at this summer session's graduation and commissioning ceremony. Today, the Air Force's newest 2nd Lieutenants and the newest members of the Air Force Academy's Long Blue Line of graduates are:· Tory Camron Brown of

  • Trainees join Cadet Wing at Acceptance Parade

    Members of the Air Force Academy's Class of 2017 will pin on their first cadet military rank and swear to uphold the Academy Honor Code at their Acceptance Parade, Aug. 6 at 10 a.m., on the Academy's Stillman Parade Field. The public is invited to attend the parade. Visitors are advised to enter the

  • Graduation tickets available Thursday

    Approximately 500 free, reserved-seat tickets for the Academy's Class of 2013 Graduation Ceremony will be available beginning 8 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2013, through the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance and the Tri-Lakes Chamber of Commerce.Tickets must be picked up in person between 8

  • Aerial demonstration approved for graduation events

    This year's Academy graduation week events will include flyover performances of historical U.S. military aircraft, provided by privately owned aerial demonstration teams, according to Academy officials.More than a dozen pilots from multiple teams will volunteer their time to fly vintage aircraft

  • First African-American Academy grad passes away

    The first African-American to graduate from the Air Force Academy passed away today at his home in Lolo, Mont.Charles Vernon Bush, Class of 1963, entered the Academy with his two African-American classmates, reporting as a cadet in June 1959. He distinguished himself as a squadron commander, a

  • ESPN SportsNation to broadcast from Academy

    ESPN's SportsNation, with hosts Charissa Thompson and Marcellus Wiley, is coming to the Air Force Academy Thursday, Nov. 8, from 3 to 4 p.m. MT. The show will broadcast live on the Terrazzo, near Mitchell Hall and Spirit Hill. Cadets, permanent party and staff with proxy cards are permitted to watch