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Come for the education. Stay for the experience. Here at the US Air Force Academy, we become leaders, innovators, warriors and wingmen, ready to serve in the world’s greatest Air & Space Forces. Launch Virtual Tour
Combustion shock tube provides shockingly fun research opportunities for cadets
By Rachelle Stoll, Strategic Communications, Photo by Joshua Armstrong, Video by AJ Kievenaar Cadet First Class Kendra Middleton has
Professor prepares warfighters using advanced technology, behavioral science research
By Ashley Murphy, Strategic Communications Military operations live at the intersection of technology and human cognition. How those two things
Space Force detachment opens at Academy with high-altitude celebration
(Photo by Cadet 3rd Class Connor Brezenski) Story by Ray Bowden U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Guardians at the Air
How a group of Academy grads are providing humanitarian relief after Afghanistan
Major Jessica Gronert, USAFA Class of 2009, in Jerash, Jordan. Photo courtesy Maj Jessica Gronert. By Rachelle Stoll, Strategic Communications
- Combustion shock tube provides shockingly fun research opportunities for cadets
- Professor prepares warfighters using advanced technology, behavioral science research
- Space Force detachment opens at Academy with high-altitude celebration
- How a group of Academy grads are providing humanitarian relief after Afghanistan
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Your limit does not exist. With 32 majors, an 8:1 student to faculty ratio, and world-class facilities, here you can take your academic passions above and beyond.
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With 24 Research Centers, 46 patents, and most recently, a Pandemic Math Team, our innovative culture has real-world impact. The Cadet Summer Research Program leverages private and government partnerships, taking cadets and faculty beyond campus and around the globe.
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Cadets at the Academy live by a code of honor and integrity, reinforcing that code with their daily actions and with the goal of maintaining honor and integrity when placed under great stress. At this altitude, we don’t just graduate cadets—we inspire and train the leaders of tomorrow’s Air and Space Forces.
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