Events Calendar
Basic Cadet Day Out
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Deadline to request participation: July 1, 2024
This summer event is not to be missed!
Basic Cadet Day Out is a single day event allowing basic cadets to leave the U.S. Air Force Academy for the first time since beginning Basic Cadet Training. Basic Cadets will interact with local sponsor families while boosting their morale and building resiliency.
We are now taking requests to participate in this one-day event. Don’t wait, sign up now or register to be a sponsor family for our cadets.
Please send us a short email with the below information to cadet.sponsor@afacademy.af.edu:
- Sponsor Family Full/Registered Names
- By-Name Requests; please provide appointee’s full name
- Number of Cadets you would like to host on Basic Cadet Day Out
- Gender Preference ( M / F / No gender preference)
- If you’re currently sponsoring cadet candidates at the Prep School, you will need to “by-name request” to host/sponsor through our program as they are not automatically assigned. No information transfers from the Prep School.
- Recruited athletes will spending Basic Cadet Day Out with their coaches. They will not be assigned to families.
- Must have a current training date (within 3 years) before cadets are assigned. *Please contact our office if you are unsure of your last training date.
- If you have not provided your driver’s license numbers for annual background checks, please include these in your email so we can ensure our records are current.
- Basic Cadet Day Out Event instructions and lists of cadets will be sent to participating families by July 20th.
Learn more about the Cadet Sponsor Program and check out the sponsor program handbook.
Event Details
July 27, 2024
Fire and Emergency Services Open House
Saturday, July 20, 2024 at 11 a.m.
Location: Fire Station No. 1, 6202 Pine Drive
The annual U.S. Air Force Academy Fire and Emergency Services Open House will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. An antique fire truck and flight for life helicopter, vehicle fire demo and fire-wise exhibit will be on display. A free hot dog lunch will be provided.
The event is free and open to the public! Check out our base access information and note that the North Gate is currently closed. All traffic is required to use the South Gate.
North Gate Closure
July 15 – Aug. 2
The U.S. Air Force Academy’s North Gate Blvd. will be closed to all vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians from July 15 – Aug. 2. This three-week closure is required to complete construction on the roundabout at North Gate. All traffic is required to use South Gate for installation access and exit.
Event Details
Jacks Valley
July 20, 2024 - July 20, 2024
Parents’ Weekend Cadet Wing Parade
Friday, August 30, 2024 at 9:30 a.m.
Location: Stillman Field
Bleacher seating for Stillman Field opens at 8 a.m. and guests can enjoy the pre-parade demonstrations. Attendees can watch the U.S. Air Force Academy’s “Wings of Blue” parachute team, your national champion glider team, and powered flight aircraft as they demonstrate the various cadet-led aviation and leadership programs that are offered to cadets during their four years at the Academy.
The parade will start at 9:30 a.m. and afterward, cadets will be released on the field to meet with their guests. If the parade is canceled for severe weather, guests may check with their cadet to see whether their squadron will move up their Open House time.
Event Details
August 30, 2024
Acceptance Day Parade
Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 9 a.m.
Location: Stillman Field
During the ceremony, our basic cadets are accepted into the Cadet Wing. They become fourth-class cadets (freshmen) and are placed into their academic year cadet squadron. The parade is scheduled to start at 9 a.m.
Food trucks will be available in the upper Stillman parking lot and cadets are authorized to have a picnic with their families anywhere within the installation after the parade ends.
Event Details
August 7, 2024
Parents’ Weekend
Friday, August 30, 2024 at 9 a.m.
Location: U.S. Air Force Academy
Parents’ Weekend is an exciting opportunity for cadets to reconnect with their family for the first time following Basic Cadet Training. It is held over Labor Day weekend and includes a cadet wing parade, information fair, and an opportunity for parents and cadets to attend academic, squadron, athletic, and airfield open houses. Learn more about Parents Weekend.
Event Details
Stillman Field
August 30, 2024
March Back from Jacks Valley
Basic cadets from the Class of 2028 will march back from Jacks Valley to the main Academy campus after completing field training. During field training, cadets honed the mental, teamwork, and physical conditioning skills critical to becoming fourth-class cadets in the Cadet Wing. Among other rigorous demands, they tackled the challenges of the leadership reaction course and ran the confidence and assault courses. They also conducted first aid and combat arms training.
Academy graduates are invited to march back with the cadets. To register, submit a request to events@usafa.org.
For more information, contact Jennifer Cooper at the Association of Graduates at (719) 247-8737, ext. 137.
Event Details
July 26, 2024 - July 26, 2024