October 11, 2018

Senate confirms latest permanent professor at Air Force Academy

  Col. Thomas Swaim is the latest Air Force educator to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate for the position of permanent professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy.  (U.S. Air Force Academy photo) By Ray Bowden, Oct. 11, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- There’s a new department head and permanent professor at the Air Force Academy today. Col. Thomas Swaim’s presidential nomination for the position of permanent professor and head of the Academy’s Department of Military and Strategic Studies was approved by the Senate September 27. “I’m so thankful and fortunate to have been selected for this position,”...

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October 11, 2018

Air Force Academy’s Cadet Cycling Club earns 1st national title

By Jennifer Spradlin, Oct. 11, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Six cadets from the Air Force Academy's Cadet Cycling Club took first place in their team category of the 2018 USA Cycling Collegiate Track National Championships in September. Cadets 1st Class Simon Lynn; Nikki MacKeen; Kyle Ramage; Jonathan Kaltenbaugh; and Cadet 2nd Class Daniel Willett competed in the omnium category, which combined scoring for team and individual events, earning 720 points. This score put them ahead of second-place finisher Colorado State University, and third-place finisher Colorado College, to win the first national-level title for the club. “Race season is...

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October 11, 2018

World War I expert speaks at Harmon Memorial Lecture

Michael Neiberg, history professor and chair of war studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the Army War College, speaks to cadets Oct. 9, 2018 about the global changes that occurred after World War I. Neiberg was the featured speaker during the 61st Harmon Memorial Lecture. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bill Evans)  By Ray Bowden, Oct . 9, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- A national security and strategy expert said the world still reels from the aftermath of World War I. “The world we live in today was created by World War I,” Michael Neiberg said. The...

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October 9, 2018

Air Force Academy cadets volunteer, support local children

U.S. Air Force Academy cadets from Cadet Squadron 35 pose for a group photograph at the Children Enrichment Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Oct. 4, 2018. The CEC supports Partners in Housing, an organization that provides transitional housing to homeless families, with free daycare for parents during on-site life skills classes. Story and photo by Jennifer Spradlin, Oct. 9, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Over the course of a few hours, children at the Child Enrichment Center in downtown Colorado Springs run, jump and play on a small playground with a group of Air Force Academy cadets, Oct. 4....

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October 5, 2018

Academy traffic impacts for Air Force v. Navy football game

By U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs, Oct. 5, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Thousands of fans will attend the annual football game between Air Force and Navy at Falcon Stadium on Saturday, Oct 6. This will result in a huge increase in the volume of traffic normally seen on the Academy. To help alleviate congestion and reduce the risk of traffic accidents, the following measures will apply: Fans attending the game who do not have a Department of Defense ID card are subject to normal visitor access procedures. At the gate, they are expected to provide a valid...

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October 4, 2018

Academy cadets defeat Ca. State-Long Beach in Moot Court competition

By Ray Bowden, Oct. 4, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadets at the Air Force Academy took legal matters into their own hands by winning the top slot at a collegiate legal competition September 21. The Academy’s Moot Court Team hosted the Falcon Class International competition against California State-Long Beach. Cadets 1st Class Rachel Kester and Josh West took home the championship trophy. “It’s a significant victory,” said Prof. Doug McKechnie of the Academy’s Law Department. “After a grueling six hours of oral arguments before a mock supreme court, they won the invite.” Kester and West said the...

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October 3, 2018

Keeping the bears at bay

By U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs, Oct. 3, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The bears on base might not be as concerned about daylight saving time as you are, but that’s because they have far better things to do. Like eat. That’s right. The bears living on or near the Air Force Academy are out-and-about looking for food before they hibernate for the winter. Here’s a few things base residents can do to keep the bears at bay. -- Close and latch the lids to your animal-proof dumpsters or trash receptacles -- Keep your trash in the garage...

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October 2, 2018

Academy grads speak to cadets on resilience, leadership skills

Joel Neeb, a former F-15 pilot, U.S. Air Force Academy grad and president of Afterburner, Inc., shares a photograph of his recent climb up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa, while speaking to cadets in Fairchild Hall at the Academy, Sept. 28, 2018. While in the Air Force, Neeb was diagnosed with stage IV cancer and given a 10-percent chance to live more than five years. He used his diagnosis as inspiration to embrace opportunities outside his comfort zone and told the cadets to push beyond their boundaries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley) By Jennifer Spradlin, Oct. 2, 2018 U.S. AIR...

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September 27, 2018

Academy cadets honor 100th anniversary of Battle of Saint-Mihiel

Five cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, and two French service members (left and right), pose for a photo at the Saint-Mihiel American Cemetery, France, Sept. 22, 2018. The cemetery is the resting place for more than 4,000 U.S. service members who died in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel, Sept. 12-16, 1918, during the Great War. The cadets and some Academy faculty members traveled to France to take part in ceremonies honoring the 100th anniversary of the battle. (Photo courtesy of Cadet 1st Class Charles Estep) U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs staff report, Sept 27, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY,...

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September 25, 2018

Pulitzer Prize-winning author tells Academy cadets to ‘stand for the innocents’ at ‘War, Literature & Arts Conference’

Author Robert Olen Butler gives the keynote presentation during the U.S. Air Force Academy's "War, Literature & the Arts Conference" Sept. 21, 2018 in Arnold Hall. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author and Vietnam War veteran spoke about the importance of service members and cadets maintaining a hold on their humanity during conflict. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley) Story by Ray Bowden, Sept. 25, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Author Robert Olen Butler’s military service in Vietnam as an enlisted intelligence officer and translator ended in 1971, but the country still has a hold on him. The Pulitzer-Prize winning novelist’s keynote...

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