February 21, 2018

Warrior Games to return to Colorado Springs

DoD Warrior Games Public Affairs, Feb. 16, 2018 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) -- Community and business leaders joined military representatives at the Air Force Academy Feb. 15 to mark the 100-day countdown until athletes arrive in Colorado for the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games. Now in its ninth year, the Warrior Games are returning to Colorado Springs, the city that hosted the inaugural Games in 2010. The event is free and open to the public throughout the competition, June 2-9. The Warrior Games are a Paralympic-style competition between the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Special Operations Command. The...

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February 14, 2018

Speeders ticketed in construction zone, tri-intersection bridge work on schedule

By Ray Bowden and Laurie Wilson U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy saw a spike in speeding tickets given this month near the tri-intersection bridge. Citations were given to drivers of vehicles in the construction zone near the intersection of Pine Drive and Stadium Boulevard, where work is being done to refurbish the tri-intersection bridge. “For first-time offenders, the next step may include removal of driving privileges on-base,” said Col. David Harris, Academy vice commander. Chief Master Sgt. Shadd McKee, manager of the 10th Security Forces Squadron, said the suspension of base-driving privileges is based on a...

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February 9, 2018

AFCENT band hits right notes on ADAB

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jeremy Grant, Air Forces Central Command band trombonist, plays a popular song after a concert at a school in the United Arab Emirates, Jan. 28, 2018. Grant played a song made popular by online personalities known as trombone dad and oven boy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.) Airman 1st Class Darrion Browning, Jan. 31, 2018 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates Members of the Air Forces Central Command Band from Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, visited Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates on Jan....

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February 6, 2018

USAFA’s Equestrian Center helps wounded warrior ‘thrive in life’

U.S. Air Force Academy Equestrian Center Manager Billy Jack Barrett (left) and Dr. Dave Andrews, former Air Force major and medic pose for a photo at the Equestrian Center. (U.S. Air Force photo/Laurie Wilson) By Laurie Wilson, Feb. 6, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Winston Churchill said “There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of man." Dr. Dave Andrews, former Air Force major and medic, believes this is absolutely true. His recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder started with a four-legged “therapist” stabled at the Air Force Academy Equestrian Center, part of their...

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January 30, 2018

Anna Weilbacher named Rifle Athlete of the Week

By Madeline McGuire, Jan. 30, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --This week’s Air Force Academy Rifle Athlete of the Week is junior Anna Weilbacher of Leona Valley, Calif. At the Citadel/VMI matches in Charleston, S.C. last weekend, Weilbacher was the overall top scorer on both days of the competition, Jan. 27-28. In the first match, she fired a 581 in smallbore and 594 in the air rifle. Her aggregate score was 1175, which led all shooters in the match. Weilbacher went on to lead in the Jan. 28 match against the Bulldogs, firing a 584 in smallbore and 592...

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January 29, 2018

What the new core curriculum means for the USAFA Class of 2021 and beyond

Interview by Marsha Barancik, Jan. 29, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The U.S. Air Force Academy launched a new core curriculum the fall of 2017, beginning with the class of 2021, to develop cadets through more integrated academic, military, flight training and physical education experiences. All cadets, regardless of academic major, are required to complete the core curriculum. This curriculum is designed to build proficiencies in each of the nine U.S. Air Force Academy’s Institutional Outcomes. Dr. Steve Jones, Academy Senior Associate Dean, shares how the Academy’s institutional outcomes are being integrated. What is fundamentally different with the...

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January 29, 2018

Prep School honors class exemplar

Staff Sgt. Charles Rivezzo, Jan. 29, 2018 U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – The Air Force Academy’s Preparatory School held its annual Exemplar Dinner Jan. 26 to honor Lt. Col. Ida Widmann as the Prep School’s 2018 Class Exemplar. For nearly two decades, each class at the Prep School has chosen an individual who “exemplifies” the type of person the class wishes to emulate. Ida attended the Prep School as a cadet candidate in 1987 before earning her appointment to the Academy and graduating in 1991. Ida excelled both academically and as a leader,...

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January 29, 2018

Aim Higher

Kristin Stewart, Jan. 29, 2018 Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. For one Airman, the motto “aim high” is an understatement. From collegiate athlete to Ph.D. scientist, the sky’s the limit. Capt. Olawale Lawal, Air Force Research Laboratory and 2013 Academy grad, shared his experience and life lessons during the University of West Florida’s ROTC commissioning ceremony. Lawal, the youngest of five boys, was born in Washington D.C., to Nigerian parents. He credits his upbringing for his athletic and academic success. “In Nigerian culture, they set high expectations for their children. Whatever you do, they expect you do it at a...

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January 26, 2018

Cadets, faculty earn research awards at USAFA

(From left: Lt. Gen. Jay Silveria, superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy; Cadet 1st Class Molly Phillips,  overall winner of the Thomas D. Moore Award for Outstanding Cadet Summer Research; Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center; and Col. Gary Packard, vice dean of faculty, stand onstage Jan. 25, 2018 in Polaris Hall during the 22nd Annual Research Awards Program ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Charlie Rivezzo) By Ray Bowden/Jan. 26, 2018 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadet and faculty researchers were the focus of attention Jan. 25 at the Air Force...

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January 24, 2018

Breaking the status quo: USAFA educator develops program based on mountaineering and special ops background

Staff Sgt. Charles Rivezzo, Jan. 24, 2018 U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – If you told Lt. Col. Rob Marshall leadership starts at the top, he’d take you literally. Part mountaineer, part special operations pilot, he’s spent a lot of time living his life at high altitudes. Marshall is by no means the casual adventurer, he’s a world-class mountaineer, having led climbs of the highest peak on each continent, including Mount Everest, and ferried special operators in and out of war zones as a CV-22 Osprey pilot. These days, the 2001 Academy graduate is...

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