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Warfighters to Win

We are the next American warriors.
Our standards are high, uncompromising and clear.

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Leaders of Character & Quality

Value team building, support every teammate to reach their maximum potential and establish a culture of dignity and respect.

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Critical Thinkers to Adapt

Navigate and adjust through challenging programs, innovate rapid solutions and execute their missions with precision.

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Military

Leadership and Training

Cadets are provided with a unique and comprehensive education, focused on the profession of arms and coupled with military and athletic training experiences.

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Academics

Tomorrow Starts Here

At the U.S. Air Force Academy, we know tomorrow is unknown. The 21st century is being shaped by rapidly changing technology and the next large leap into outer space.

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Athletics

Every Cadet is an Athlete

Participation in athletics fosters initiative, teamwork and the will to win – attributes critical to the development of cadets into leaders of character.

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Mission and Vision
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To forge leaders of character, motivated to a lifetime of service, and developed to lead our Air Force and Space Force as we fight and win our Nation's wars.
Events at the Academy
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  • April 17
    Star Trek: First Contact at the USAFA Planetarium on Fri, Apr 17 at 6:00 p.m.
  • April 25
    STEM Day 2026
  • May 04
    Armed Forces Week Concert
Cadet Military Education Training streamlines four-class development
April 9, 2026
Cadet Military Education Training streamlines four-class development

Cadet 2nd Class Sophie Kent, left, mentors Cadet 3rd Class Charles Arquette in the Multi-Domain Laboratory, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., Jan. 14, 2026. The Cadet Military Education […]

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Colonel Tellez to Succeed Brigadier General Marks as Commandant, Reinforcing Warfighter Focus at the Academy
April 9, 2026
Colonel Tellez to Succeed Brigadier General Marks as Commandant, Reinforcing Warfighter Focus at the Academy

Brig. Gen. Gavin P. Marks, left, and Col. Brandon J. Tellez, right. Tellez has been assigned as the U.S. Air Force Academy’s 32nd commandant of cadets, succeeding Marks. (U.S. Air […]

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Historic ceremony marks 306th FTG realignment to USAFA
April 1, 2026
Historic ceremony marks 306th FTG realignment to USAFA

Lt. Col. Jonathan B. Vaage, 98th Flying Training Squadron commander, swaps an Air Education and Training Command patch for a U.S. Air Force Academy one during a ceremony on Davis […]

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Cadets focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics
March 30, 2026
Cadets focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics

Cadet 1st Class Lauren Mirande, left, and Cadet 2nd Class Abigail Anderson, right, learn about volcanic rock types in the Geospatial Science Laboratory, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., […]

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From enlisted service to commission: a cadet’s path to leadership
March 30, 2026
From enlisted service to commission: a cadet’s path to leadership

Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Canfield poses for a photo at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in this 2018 image. Canfield, now a Cadet 1st Class, earned her appointment through the Leaders […]

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Beyond Our Horizon

Guardianship

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Digital Warfare

Cyber Mindset

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Fly, Fight, Win!

Airmanship

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Majors and Minors - View All
Breaking Barriers
Aeronautical Engineering
major

In the aeronautical engineering major, cadets study aerodynamics, propulsion, flight mechanics, stability and control, aircraft structures, materials and experimental methods. As part of their senior year capstone, cadets select either of the two-course design sequences, aircraft design or aircraft engine design.

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Aeronautical engineering cadet.
Think Outside the Atmosphere
Astronautical Engineering
major

Cadets learn the fundamentals of satellites, rockets, and other space systems as well as how to design them to contribute to our national security and economy. This experience is enhanced by senior capstone projects and independent and sponsored research opportunities with a variety of government and industry partners.

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Cadets working in astronautics lab.
Launch into a Space Force Career
Space Warfighting
minor

This minor is designed to broaden understanding of the space warfighting domain through both discipline specific knowledge and a greater socio-cultural understanding of the principle space fairing nations. For those not pursuing a career in the Space Force, the Space Warfighting Minor provides an educational background on the enhancement space provides to joint warfighters. In particular coursework includes navigation, communications, missile warning, and ISR material.

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U.S. Space Force arm patch.
Establish, Operate and Defend
Cyber Science
major

The Cyber Science major focuses on computer programming, embedded systems, networks, telecommunications, computer systems, computer investigations and cyber operations.

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Cadets at Cyber City.
The Physics of Sub-Atomic Particles
Quantum Technologies
minor

Our world is at a critical moment in history; a new field of engineering is rapidly developing based on quantum information science. Quantum technology has already changed the world through quantum timing—the backbone of the Global Positioning System—and is set to revolutionize society at least three more times through quantum sensing, quantum networking, and quantum computing.

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Two cadets running an experiment using a laser.