August 29, 2018

Long Blue Line: Meet Cadet 1st Class Brianna Martinez

         By Staff Reports, Aug. 29, 2018. Photos courtesy of Brianna Martinez. 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 1st Class Brianna Martinez: What's your first memory associated with the Air Force? My first clear memory of the Air Force was when I...

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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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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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August 6, 2018

Contestants needed for Alpha Warrior Games at USAFA

By Laurie Wilson U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Look out American Ninja Warriors -- the Air Force’s Alpha Warrior Tour is stopping by the Air Force Academy August 14-15. The tour is part of the Alpha Warrior Program, an Air Force initiative to enhance Airman Readiness and fitness. Like the TV hit, the Air Force games are built around an obstacle course that challenges contestants as they advance through rigorous Battle Rig stations. Cadets, Airmen and their families can meet Ninja Warriors Sara Heesen and Kevin Klein, try-out the Alpha Battle Stations and compete on the Warrior Battle Rig, to...

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August 3, 2018

Air Force Academy basic trainees to join Cadet Wing at Acceptance Parade

By U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs staff U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Scores of young men and women at the Air Force Academy will celebrate the completion of basic cadet training August 7 during the Acceptance Parade. The 9 a.m. event at Stillman Parade Field marks the Class of 2022’s "acceptance" into the Academy's Cadet Wing as they transition from basic cadets to cadets fourth class. Visitors should enter the Academy through the North Gate at Exit 156 off I-25 and arrive early to see the demonstrations before the parade. The North Gate opens to guests at 6 a.m....

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