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• AFA graduation do's and don'ts

  May 28, 2013 2:58 PM

  Wednesday is the big day for about 1,000 Air Force Academy Cadets, as they graduate and start their careers as newly commissioned officers in the Air Force. The 55th Graduating Class will march across the stage at Falcon Stadium Wednesday morning to receive their diplomas. No doubt the stadium... more »

• Cadets hope to curtail bird strikes

  March 6, 2013 9:30 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Research being conducted by cadets at the US Air Force Academy could one day make commercial air travel safer. As part of a senior capstone project, a group of engineering and biology majors are studying the effects of light and sound to limit the number of bird... more »

• AFA Cadets take on Mountain Shadows cleanup Play Video

  August 27, 2012 12:27 AM

  Sunday was a time of recovery for a community devastated by the Waldo Canyon Fire. Mountain Shadows homeowners used to looking at a burned-out shell of what was once a neighborhood now view a work in progress, healing at the hands of strangers determined to lift that reminder of loss.... more »

• Academy announces cheating investigation results

  June 6, 2012 3:00 PM

  As many 78 cadets at the United States Air Force Academy are suspected of cheating during an online math test. Academy officials announced Wednesday the cadets accessed an unauthorized web program during a Calculus 2 final exam. The test was given to 650 cadets during the fall semester and... more »

• At least 7 cadets punished in drug investigation

  April 25, 2012 7:50 PM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force Academy says at least seven cadets who were investigated after reports of cadets using banned substances are being disciplined. The investigation was announced in January and has since grown to include 31 cadets. The academy said Wednesday that so far three... more »

• More Cadets being investigated for drug use

  March 23, 2012 6:16 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - An Air Force Academy official says about 30 cadets are suspected of using banned substances, which is double the number of cadets the school said it was investigating in January. Academy spokesman Lt. Col. John Bryan says the inquiry involves substances other than alcohol,... more »

• Air Force Academy wins cyber defense competition

  March 6, 2012 6:29 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Air Force Academy has won the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The contest was held Friday and Saturday in Denver. The academy team advances to the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition in San Antonio next month. In the Rocky Mountain regional competition,... more »

• AFA cadet faces sexual assault charges at hearing

  January 30, 2012 10:17 AM

  An Article 32 hearing is scheduled for today at the Air Force Academy for a cadet who had sexual misconduct charges preferred against him earlier this month. Cadet 1st Class Kyle A. Cressy (Class of 2012) had one charge with two specifications preferred against him for violation of Article... more »

• Air Force Academy investigating illegal drug use by cadets

  January 12, 2012 3:02 PM

  The Air Force Academy is investigating approximately 15 cadets for violating a General Order prohibiting the use of intoxicating substances-other than alcohol, caffeine, tobacco or lawfully-used prescribed medications. "The abuse of these products by military members, cadets or cadet candidates contradicts the nature of the profession of arms, threatens... more »

• Academy explains judicial process for accused cadets Play Video

  January 6, 2012 8:26 PM

  Military court proceedings will begin next Thursday for one of three US Air Force Academy cadets facing charges of sexual assault. There will be an Article 32 hearing on Thursday for Cadet Stephan Claxton on charges of unlawful sexual contact, underage drinking and assault involving a female cadet. On... more »

• Wings of Blue claim national award Play Video

  December 8, 2011 6:58 PM

  The Air Force Academy's parachute team Wings of Blue will be very busy over holidays. They're jumping at 3 college football bowl games and participating in the National Collegiate Parachuting Championships all during an 8 day span. The events come on the heels of the team claiming a gold... more »

• Class of 2015 to start basic training

  June 22, 2011 7:13 AM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - Members of the Air Force Academy class of 2015 will soon arrive to start basic cadet training. The new class of cadets is scheduled to arrive Thursday morning. The incoming 1,159 cadets include nine from other countries, including the Republic of Korea, Singapore,... more »

• Air Force Academy to accept fewer cadets to save money

  February 7, 2011 11:56 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The Air Force Academy is accepting fewer new cadets under a mandate to reduce the size of the student body by about 9 percent to save money. Lt. Gen. Michael Gould, the academy superintendent, says the Air Force ordered the school to reduce enrollment to 4,000... more »

• Air Force Cadets expelled for using "spice"

  January 28, 2011 10:59 PM

  Five U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets have been kicked out of the Academy for using the herbal drug called "spice." Twenty-five other cadets are under investigation, also accused of using spice. Spice, also called K2, black diamond, or fake pot is legal, but it violates a general order... more »

• A.F.A. cadets helping Ft. Carson families

  January 22, 2011 8:45 PM

  "Fun, relief of stress, and something out of the ordinary," Melissa Gaines says that's what she was wanting for her kids -- A.J., Alex, and C.J. --- when she brought them out to the Air Force Academy on Saturday. Cadets invited families of deployed 3rd Brigade Combat Team soldiers from... more »

• AFA survey shows four main "areas of concern"

  October 30, 2010 7:39 PM

  Survey results from cadets and staff through the 2009-2010 Climate Assessment Survey at the Air Force Academy were not originally intended to be released, but are showing progress and problems in a number of areas affecting the lives of those at the Academy. In some areas it's good, like... more »

• Cadets report proselytizing

  October 29, 2010 1:33 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A survey of Air Force Academy cadets found 41 percent of those who consider themselves non-Christian said they were subjected to unwanted proselytizing at least once or twice last year. The academy offered the voluntary, anonymous survey to cadets in December and January. Nearly... more »

• Air Force Academy releases religion survey

  October 29, 2010 8:25 AM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A survey of Air Force Academy cadets found 41 percent of those who consider themselves non-Christian said they were subjected to unwanted proselytizing at least once or twice last year. The Academy offered the voluntary, anonymous survey to cadets in December and January. Nearly... more »

• AFA defends withholding some survey details

  August 18, 2010 10:27 AM

  The superintendent of the Air Force Academy is defending his decision not to release detailed results of the latest survey of cadets and staff. Lt. Gen. Michael Gould said Tuesday that a public debate on the results could be a "distraction" from the school's mission to educate future Air... more »

• Fast facts about the AFA graduating class

  May 26, 2010 1:18 PM

  The 2010 graduating class at the Air Force Academy started out four years ago 1,334 strong. Wednesday, 1,001 walked across the stage to receive a diploma. Of those 18.7 percent are female, 24 percent are minorities. There are two sets of twins. Sixty are 2nd generation AFA grads. ... more »

• Air Force Academy gets new commandant of cadets

  May 21, 2010 3:57 PM

  The Air Force Academy is getting a new commandant of cadets. The Air Force said Friday Brig. Gen. Richard M. Clark will take over the position, replacing Brig. Gen. Samuel Cox. Cox will become commander of the 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, part of the Air Mobility Command at... more »

• Beginnings on base

  March 17, 2010 7:52 PM

  It's a career fair, of sorts, at Peterson Air Force Base on Wednesday.  However, most of the attendees already know what they want to do. "Most of us in this corps want to go to the Air Force," says Emanuel Akers, a senior at Harrison High School.  "I get... more »

• Wiccan worship area now open at Academy

  February 1, 2010 3:07 PM

  The Air Force Academy has set up an outdoor worship area for followers of Wicca, Druidism and other Earth-centered religions. A double circle of stones has been placed atop a hill on the campus near Colorado Springs. It's available to cadets and other service personnel in the area. The... more »

• Rescued falcon joins Air Force Academy's mascots

  January 27, 2010 4:26 PM

  A young American kestrel falcon has joined the Air Force Academy's collection of falcon mascots after it was rescued from a small cage and rehabilitated. The new bird, named Buzz, is about a year old. He was rehabilitated at the University of Minnesota's Raptor Center after suffering some feather... more »

• Air Force Academy cadets test-fire rocket system

  January 16, 2010 2:05 PM

  The Air Force Academy says cadets have successfully test-fired a FalconLaunch-8 rocket propulsion system, though results were a bit off from what they expected. The system is intended to produce a 4,000-pound peak thrust during a 7.8-second burn. Astronautics department head Col. Marty France says initial data from the test-fire... more »

• AFA cadets rocket test a success

  January 15, 2010 11:51 AM

  Cadets in the astronautics program at the US Air Force Academy successfully tested a student designed rocket motor Friday. It took all of 8 seconds for the seniors of the FalconLaunch project to prove their capstone project a success. The solid fuel sounding rocket is estimated to have... more »

• Air Force Academy cadets to test-fire rocket

  January 14, 2010 10:16 AM

  Air Force Academy cadets are getting ready to test-fire a rocket as part of the school's FalconLaunch space education program. The FalconLaunch-8 rocket will be ignited while it's held stationary on Friday to measure the thrust and to test a new ignition system. If the test is successful, the FalconLaunch-8... more »

• Test rocket explodes at Academy

  November 4, 2009 1:19 PM

  It's not the outcome they had hoped for. A test-fire of a cadet-developed research rocket went awry and rather than a 10 and a half second burn, the rocket exploded milliseconds after ignition. "Not exactly what we expected," said Cadet First Class Sean Foote shortly after the test-fire ended.... more »