August 28, 2018

Long Blue Line: Meet Cadet 2nd Class James Roberts

By Staff Reports, Aug. 28, 2018. Photos courtesy of Cadet 2nd Class James Roberts. U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — (Editor’s Note) For the 2018 Air Force Football season, we have designated theme weeks tied to our six home games, each highlighting a domain of strength and excellence at our Academy. This week, August 27 – September 8, we honor the Long Blue Line and showcase a proud history of selfless service in the Air Force and beyond. Interview with Cadet 2nd Class James Roberts: What's your first memory associated with the Air Force? I originally was interested by an ad the University...

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August 27, 2018

Long Blue Line: Meet Cadet 3rd Class Thomas Chandler

By Staff Reports, Aug. 27, 2018. Photos courtesy of Cadet 3rd Class Thomas Chandler. U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo — (Editor's Note) For the 2018 Air Force Football season, we have designated theme weeks tied to our six home games, each highlighting a domain of strength and excellence at our Academy. This week, August 27 - September 8, we honor the Long Blue Line and showcase a proud history of selfless service in the Air Force and beyond. Interview with Cadet 3rd Class Thomas Chandler: What's your first memory associated with the Air Force? I was born at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona,...

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August 27, 2018

Letter from the Superintendent: Celebrating strength, excellence

Dear Academy Alumni, Friends, Family and Supporters, For the 2018 Air Force Football season, we have designated theme weeks tied to our six home games, each highlighting a domain of strength and excellence at our Academy. We celebrate these themes to honor our supporters and history, to initiate conversations on our programs and people, and to display how USAFA is actively driving innovation and shaping the future of modern warfare. This season, our themes include: Long Blue Line (Aug 27 – Sep 8): We deliver the future leaders of modern warfare, graduates who join the Long Blue Line and epitomize...

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August 24, 2018

Falcon Stadium gets a facelift

By Laurie Wilson, Aug. 24, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. —  Air Force football fans will have even more reason to cheer this season when the Falcons kick-off their first home game Sept. 1 in an upgraded stadium. Falcon Stadium has recently undergone a partial renovation including new synthetic turf, scoreboards and an updated home-team locker room. The Falcons will also debut new “heritage uniforms” for the first home game. On Aug. 18, fans got a preseason look at the phase one improvements during Fan Day, where they got a chance to visit with the team and staff at Falcon field....

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August 14, 2018

The ‘Other Side of Fear’

By Staff Reports, Aug. 14, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Staff Sgt. Charles Carter had to be the first passenger to jump out of that plane. “I knew I couldn’t be a leader if I wasn’t the first to jump so I jumped,” he said. Carter found himself standing in the door as the only noncommissioned officer in a group of cadets and cadet instructors on board the UV-18 Twin Otter aircraft flying 5,000 feet above Air Force Academy’s drop zone. “I can’t explain what it feels like when you leave the plane,” he said. “The first thing you notice...

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August 14, 2018

STRATCOM’s top officer visits USAFA

By Laurie Wilson, Aug. 11, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — The commander of U.S. Strategic Command said Aug. 10 that space research at the Air Force Academy benefits the Department of Defense and the nation. Speaking at the Academy’s Space Systems Research Center during his visit, Gen. John Hyten encouraged cadets and faculty to continue to view space as a professional enterprise. “Learn how this business works,” he said. “Learn how space integrates with air, ground and sea. Make sure you look at your projects from a military and warfighting perspective moving forward.” At the research center, cadets updated...

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May 9, 2018

USAFA Flying Team and Coach Consistent National Competitors

Story and photo by Randy Martin / May 9, 2018 TERRE HAUTE, Indiana -- The U.S. Air Force Academy Flying Team participated in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association’s annual Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference at Indiana State University and nearby Terre Haute Municipal Airport, Terre Haute Indiana April 30 – May 5, 2018. The Air Force is the only service academy among 28 colleges and universities competing and it has consistently reached the championship every year since 1999. Gilbert Boyce has been the team’s coach for nineteen years and his team credits his knowledge as a cornerstone for the team’s...

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May 8, 2018

Wounded warriors soar over Academy

Story and photos by Master Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes/May 8, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- “It was an amazing experience.” This was how Eddie Roberts described his orientation flight May 8 at the Air Force Academy. Roberts was one of eight wounded warrior veterans who soared over the Front Range. The 94th Flying Training Squadron, led by Lt. Cols. Glendon Whelan and Matthew Humphrey, facilitated the orientation flight for the veterans. They partnered with the Wounded Warrior Program and Soaring Eagle Foundation, a nonprofit that provides veterans training necessary to obtain glider certification. “We want to give back,”...

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April 20, 2018

Air Force men’s basketball holds clinic for local children

U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs / April 20, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Air Force men’s basketball participated in a basketball clinic for 200 children at the Briargate YMCA, April 15. The purpose of the free clinic was to provide local youths with an opportunity to learn basic basketball fundamentals while getting to know the basketball players and coaches, said Brian Vamos, an Air Force Athletics representative. “Interacting with the local community affords us the opportunity to not only put our cadet athletes in positions to develop as mentors and servant leaders, but it also allows us to...

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April 18, 2018

CSAF addresses Class of 2018

By Tech. Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes/April 18, 2018 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein talks about his experiences in the Air Force, from being a cadet to now holding the highest rank within the service, during the "Firstie Call" at the Air Force Academy, April 18, 2018. Goldfein encouraged each of the cadets to be an inclusive leader and a role model for all. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Julius Delos Reyes) Class of 2018 cadets listen to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein during the "Firstie Call" at the Air Force Academy, Colo.,...

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