April 19, 2019

Cadet Xander gets Truman scholarship through Air Force Academy’s grad studies program

Cadet 2nd Class Karlee Xander reacts after just being told by Brig. Gen. Andrew Armacost, the U.S. Air Force Academy's dean of faculty, that's she's the school's latest recipient of the Truman scholarship, April 11, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong) Story by Ray Bowden U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- An English major at the Air Force Academy just earned a high-level national scholarship for public service. “I cannot even describe the immense joy I felt,” said Cadet 2nd Class Karlee Xander after Academy Dean Brig. Gen. Andrew Armacost told her she’d received the Truman scholarship, April 11. “It took...

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April 15, 2019

Liver transplant recipient is latest Air Force Academy Cadet for a Day

(U.S. Air Force photo/Darci Ibidapo) By Jennifer Spradlin, April 15 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Clyde Hoffman loves planes. The Colorado Springs sixth grader researches planes, aircraft safety, and airports in his free time, and flies model planes with his dad on the weekends. Thanks to a partnership between the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Air Force Academy, he was the newest Cadet for a Day at the Air Force Academy, April 12. “It’s been a blast to host Clyde and his family,” said Cadet 2nd Class James Barney. “Before we became cadets, the community gave back to us, and now that...

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April 12, 2019

Academy supt shares successes, challenges at annual ‘State of the Academy’ brief

(U.S. Air Force photo/Trevor Cokley) Story by Ray Bowden, April 12, 2019 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy’s top officer hosted his State of the U.S. Air Force Academy briefing in Polaris Hall, April 12. Lieutenant Gen. Jay Silveria, the Academy's superintendent, said the annual briefings are among the many ways the Academy communicates with its community and encouraged the audience and those viewing the event online to stay in touch. “It’s certainly a pleasure for me to talk about my alma mater,” he said. Among other topics, Silveria announced the Air Force had postponed repairs...

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April 8, 2019

Air Force Academy offers spring wild turkey hunting

By Laurie Wilson, April 8, 2019 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. –-  Thanksgiving is months from now but outdoorsmen will be able to hunt wild turkeys on Academy grounds well before the holiday during two 10-person sessions April 13-May 3 and May 4-26. The archery-only event is hosted by the 10th Civil Engineering Squadron’s Natural Resources office to manage the wild turkey overpopulation. Participants are registered and have been selected in a random drawing held in March. Crossbows are not allowed. Brian Mihlbachler, 10th Air Base Wing natural resources planner, said face-to-face briefings with Academy staff were mandated for all participants...

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April 1, 2019

AFRC general, Air Force Academy football standout, reflects on career

Brig. Gen. Christian Funk, a 1985 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, chats with Troy Calhoun, head coach of the Air Force Falcons football team.  Story and photo by Master Sgt. Chance Babin, Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs, April 1, 2019 ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Brig. Gen. Christian Funk has come a long way since his days as a standout defensive end on the Air Force Academy football team in the early 1980s. From fighter pilot to wing commander to his current assignment as the deputy director of strategy, concepts and assessments for the deputy chief of...

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March 26, 2019

Sections of Santa Fe Trail on Academy to close for repairs March 27-April 25

(U.S. Air Force photo/Mike Kaplan) U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Several small sections of the New Santa Fe Trail on the U.S. Air Force Academy will close March 27- April 25 for required Federal Emergency Management Agency repairs. One of the lengthiest closures will be from March 27–April 3 at the Tri-Intersection bridge, while crews complete bridge work and re-establish the trail. Repairs include trail resurfacing, culvert repair, replacement of eroded slopes and correction of the concrete located at the Monument Creek low water crossing. Academy officials advise New Santa Fe Trail users to...

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March 21, 2019

Air Force Academy cadets test sensors designed to improve warfighter abilities

(U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong) Story by Ray Bowden, March 21, 2019 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- General Norman Schwarzkopf once said, “The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war.” Cadets at the Air Force Academy took the former Gulf War leader at his word when they helped the Air Force and one of the Academy's research partners, a public firm specializing in biology and applied physics, test a prototype of a human-behavior sensor designed to check their perspiration, March 12. The sensors, designed by GE Global Research, one of many Defense Department research partners, were...

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March 20, 2019

Academy eSports team wraps up 1st season

(Courtesy photo) Story by Jennifer Spradlin, March 20, 2019 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Air Force Academy eSports team finished fourth in the Mountain West Conference Finals after falling to Boise State and the University of Nevada in Las Vegas March 15-16. Mountain West stood up League of Legends eSports in February 2018, including 10 teams divided into two separate divisions. The top two teams from the competition in Las Vegas advanced to national-level competition. League of Legends, also known as LoL, is a multiplayer online battle arena game. “The League of Legends World Championships [last year] had more...

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March 19, 2019

Academy welcomes newest ‘Cadet for a Day’

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet for a Day, Je'Moni Ford. (U.S. Air Force photo/Joshua Armstrong) Story by Jennifer Spradlin, March 19, 2019 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Je’Moni Ford, a local area fourth-grader, loves to play the drums. Two years ago, his parents noticed something on his ring finger, which his doctor initially mistook for a friction blister from his drumsticks. It turned out to be Sarcoma, an aggressive form of cancer. Je’Moni endured six surgeries to remove the cancer and reconstruct his hand. He had to relearn how to tie his shoes. But he never gave up on playing...

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March 18, 2019

Air Force Academy senior leader and cadet candidate break innovation barriers

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Yann Wollman (left) and Col. Houston Cantwell, the Academy's vice superintendent, present their idea -- the “What’s Up” App for event planning -- to senior leaders during the first Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Innovation Rodeo, March 1, 2019, in San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Armando Perez) Story by Jennifer Spradlin, March 18, 2019 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- These days, you don’t have to be a science major or a faculty researcher to make a difference in the research arena and solve problems for the Air Force....

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