October 17, 2018

Academy dean of faculty receives honorary fellowship to elite operations research organization

Brig. Gen. Andrew Armacost, dean of faculty at the U.S. Air Force Academy, speaks to cadets at the Academy. Armacost was elected in September to be one of only a dozen educators in the U.S. year selected to receive an honorary fellowship to the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences, also known as INFORMS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Darcie Ibidapo) Story by Ray Bowden, Oct. 17, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- An elite research organization selected the dean of faculty at the Air Force Academy to be an honorary member of their organization. Brig. Gen. Andrew Armacost is one...

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October 16, 2018

Commandant’s Challenge puts cadets’ warrior ethos to the test

Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy clean weapons during the Commandant's Challenge, Oct. 12, 2018.  The challenge is an annual event at the Academy focused on military training and teamwork. (U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley) By Jennifer Spradlin, Oct. 16, 2018 AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadets took a one-day break from classes to focus on their military training during the annual Commandant’s Challenge Oct. 12. All 40 cadet squadrons squared off against each other in a series of scored tasks that included intelligence, security and air support. “The Commandant’s Challenge is focused on developing leaders of character through...

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October 16, 2018

Air Force Academy’s honorary commanders tour Cadet Wing

Senior officials at the Air Force Academy stand on the terrazzo with some of the Academy's honorary commanders Oct 12, 2018. The Honorary Commander program pairs installation leaders with community counterparts to build trust and understanding. (U.S. Air Force photo/Darcie Ibidapo) By Jennifer Spradlin, Oct. 16, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Members of the Air Force Academy’s Honorary Commander program toured cadet facilities and met with senior Cadet Wing leadership Oct. 12. The Honorary Commander program pairs installation leaders with community counterparts to build trust and understanding. “Community support is critical, and the honorary commanders are the bridge between the...

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October 15, 2018

Air Force Academy cadet says summer research project is ‘dream come true’

  By Jennifer Spradlin, Oct. 16, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadet 1st Class Nicholas Juhasz knew from a young age two things: he wanted to be an engineer, and he was fascinated by missiles and rockets. “I loved taking apart things to figure out how they worked and, like most little kids, I always wanted to go into space,” he said. Juhasz excelled in math and science, and growing up in Tucson, Arizona, many of his friends’ parents worked for Raytheon, a defense contractor specializing in weaponry and radar detection systems. As a freshman in high school, his...

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October 12, 2018

Air Force Academy begins nationwide search for new athletic director

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --Parker Executive Search has begun a nationwide search to find an athletic director to support the Air Force Academy. The search firm, based in Atlanta, announced Oct. 12 that it will bring a list of candidates later this fall to the Air Force Academy Athletic Corporation for selection, in coordination with the Academy superintendent, Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria. “This new hiring process enables the Academy to attract talented, experienced applicants who will be compensated in a manner consistent with similar positions in the Mountain West Conference and enable enhanced development efforts, while maintaining the leadership and...

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October 12, 2018

Academy cadets beat Navy in debate competition

Cadet 4th Class Piper Gray (right) speaks during a forensics competition debate challenge against Navy Oct 6, 2018 at the U.S. Air Force Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo) Story by Ray Bowden, Oct. 12, 2018 Freshmen cadets beat Navy midshipmen in a forensics competition Oct. 6 at the Air Force Academy. Cadets 4th Class Piper Gray and Shane Lindsey of the Academy’s Forensics Team won the debate challenge against two junior-year midshipmen to earn the top slot at the competition. “I knew we put up a good fight, but I really didn’t think it would be possible to beat a...

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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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