Wednesday, July 23rd

This is your official Air Force Academy History Update for Wednesday, July 23 – 

On this day, back in 1991 — John Matchefts, Academy ice hockey coach from 1974 to 1985, is named a 1991 inductee into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in Eveleth, Minnesota. Matchefts had previously starred as a player at the University of Michigan, where he played under Vic Heylinger, the Academy’s first ice hockey coach. 

…Also on this day, back in 2018 — At 6 a.m., the Academy radio station KAFA begins broadcasting from its new studios in Fairchild Hall. The station relocated from Vandenberg Hall, where it had operated since its inception on January 17, 1971.

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