June 25, 2021

Basic cadet training starts for AF Academy’s class of ‘25

More than 1,100 young men and women arrived at the Air Force Academy June 24, 2021 to begin basic cadet training, six weeks of rigorous mental and physical challenges. (Photo / Joshua Armstrong) Story by Ray Bowden, U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs  U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - The global COVID-19 pandemic may be on the decline, but the Air Force Academy took no chances when more than 1,100 young men and women reported to the school for basic cadet training, June 24. The trainees arrived between 7 a.m.-noon, were given facemasks and immediately tested for the coronavirus. Academy...

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