April 13, 2018

USAFA to host Cycling Classic April 14-15

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Air Force Cadet Cycling Team is scheduled to host the Front Range Cycling Classic April 14-15. The event is slated for 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 14 and 8 a.m-4 p.m. April 15. Drivers may expect a large number of cyclists on roads at the Air Force Academy and expect short delays, especially near the medical clinic. Race vehicles will escort large groups of cyclists. Drivers are asked not to pass between those escort vehicles and the cyclists. All roads at the Academy will be open to traffic. Drivers are asked to obey the instructions...

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April 12, 2018

‘A complete champion’: Falcon athlete earns high-level collegiate hockey award

Cadet Dylan Abood playing ice hockey. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Academy Athletics Department) By Ray Bowden/April 12, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Hockey Commissioners Association announced April 8 that Falcon hockey defenseman and Air Force Academy cadet Dylan Abood earned the 2018 Derek Hines Unsung Hero Award. “Without question, this is the greatest honor I have ever received,” Abood said. “It’s clear Derek was an incredible person, competitor and teammate. I can’t imagine the terrible sense of loss experienced by his family and friends.” Hines, an Army hockey athlete (1999-2003) and four-year letter-winner, was killed Sept....

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April 11, 2018

Thriving in wake of an assault is focus of Air Force Academy summit

Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the Air Force Academy, gives closing remarks during the Academy's Pathways to Thriving summit in Polaris Hall at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., April 10, 2018. The two-day summit included a wide-variety of presenters who discussed topics ranging from the neurobiology of healing and mindfulness to the Academy’s response and procedures that occur when an assault is reported. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Rivezzo) By U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs staff, April 11, 2018  U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Survivors of sexual assault gathered at the U.S. Air...

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April 9, 2018

Former JCS Chairman Myers gets USAFA Character, Leadership Award

  By Ray Bowden, April 9, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Richard Myers told senior cadets at the Air Force Academy to expect challenges after graduating in May. “If you plotted your ups and downs here at the Academy, it would look like you were having a heart attack,” he said. Myers, a retired four-star general and the 15th JCS chairman, was the featured guest at the Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy Endowment’s Character and Leadership Awards ceremony, April 5. He was nominated to receive the Character and...

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June 22, 2018

USAFA grad, Russian cosmonaut talk International Space Station mission at press conference

JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas -- U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and NASA astronaut Col. Nick Hague, discusses his upcoming trip to the International Space Station during a news conference at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, June 18, 2018. Hague and Alexey Ovchinin, Russian Roscosmos cosmonaut, will journey to the ISS on Oct. 11, 2018, aboard the Roscosmos Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft, launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. R.J. Biermann) Story and photo by Tech. Sgt. R.J. Biermann, Air Forces Cyber Public Affairs, June 22, 2018 JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, Texas (AFNS) -- Surrounded by media representatives and...

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June 26, 2018

U.S. Air Force Academy’s Class of ’22 to begin Basic Cadet Training June 28

U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs, June 26, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The next class of cadets at the Air Force Academy is scheduled to arrive at Clune Arena June 28 to begin Basic Cadet Training. Approximately 1,200 young men and women are slated to begin arriving at the Academy at 7:30 a.m. to get uniforms and haircuts and be assigned to a training squadron. The basic cadets are slated to take the cadet Oath of Allegiance 7:30 a.m. June 29 at Stillman Field. Basic Cadet Training ends August 4 and includes military, physical and weapons training,...

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April 3, 2018

USAFA Class of ’18 inspired by founders

By Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, Superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy/April 3, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Last week, I had the opportunity to travel to Texas to attend Founder’s Day activities with Air Force Academy graduates, families, supporters and friends, and in the weeks to come I look forward to attending more of these events in Boston, St. Louis and California. It’s been a privilege to meet so many of our USAFA community members, and to witness their enthusiasm for our mission. It’s also been inspiring to see the wide impact of this Academy -- we’ve come a...

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August 8, 2018

Air Force Academy changing to meet needs of the Air Force

(U.S. Air Force photo by Darcie Ibidapo) By Ray Bowden, Aug. 8, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy’s top officer said decisions made by senior Pentagon officials and increased defense spending are changing how the Academy prepares cadets to contend with modern warfare. Lieutenant Gen. Jay Silveria said this and more when he closed-out his first year as Academy superintendent Aug. 9 with a commander’s call for his military and civilian staff. These changes are the result of the Academy staying in line with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein’s focus areas: “Revitalizing squadrons,...

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September 17, 2018

Cadets take resiliency to ‘HeART’ in Castle Rock

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadets run through the Epic Sky Trek Challenge course during Operation Falcon Frenzy in Castle Rock, Colo. Sept. 16, 2018.  The Falcon Frenzy is a resiliency initiative organized by HeART-C, the Helping Agency Resiliency Team for Cadets, a group that aligns the Academy’s helping agencies to strengthen cadets’ mental, physical, social and spiritual well being.   Story and photos by Tech. Sgt. Tabitha Lee, Sept. 17, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadets from the Air Force Academy showed their teamwork and resiliency Sept. 16 in Castle Rock. HeART-C, the Helping Agency Resiliency Team for Cadets,...

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September 17, 2018

Air Force senior leaders announce 2018 Spark Tank Competition

By Staff Sgt. Rusty Frank, Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Enlisted, officer and government employees may now submit their innovative ideas for the 2018 Air Force Spark Tank Competition. The competition calls for Airmen to pitch their innovative ideas to the Air Force’s senior leaders through the the IdeaScale Ideation platform at usaf.ideascalegov.com, and will culminate in a showcase of those ideas in Orlando, Florida, early next year at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium. “We challenge all Airmen to share their best ideas that build upon senior leader priorities to restore readiness, increase the...

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