July 24, 2017

‘You got this’: 237 start Prep School BMT

By Ray Bowden There’s more to becoming a cadet candidate at the prep school here than just being admitted. There’s the 18 days of basic military training followed by a 10-month academic program for cadet candidates to tackle. Even then, graduating from the Air Force Academy’s Preparatory School doesn’t guarantee admission to the Academy. So for the young adults who reported to the Prep School July 19, BMT is the first of many challenges they’ll need to overcome to be considered for admission. One of those challenges is moving on and part ways, for a time, from their loved ones....

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December 12, 2017

‘All I wanted was to succeed’: USAFA Prep School NCO reflects on career

Master Sgt. Nicholas Roberts, an Academy military trainer, AMT. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ray Bowden) By Ray Bowden, Dec. 12, 2017 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- When Master Sgt. Nicholas Roberts tells you “Wherever the Air Force needs me, is where I’ll go,” you get the idea he’s serious. Since enlisting in 2000, he’s bounced around the World like a lottery ball, deploying to Southwest Asia seven times and on contingency operations in other far-flung places. Nick is a military trainer at the Air Force Academy’s Preparatory School but late next year he reports for flight sergeant duty at the 820th...

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May 24, 2023

Cadet candidates celebrate Academy Prep School graduation

Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark, U.S. Air Force Academy superintendent, gives cadet candidates their last motivational words before Prep School graduation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Justin R. Pacheco) By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.- Two cadet candidates were thinking of more than their impending Academy careers while attending the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School graduation ceremony May 22, 2023. They were also thinking of doing justice to their fathers’ Academy legacies. Appointee Paige Diehl’s father, Maj. David Diehl, a quarterback for the Academy football team who became a C-17 Globemaster...

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July 14, 2023

Cadet candidates arrive for Prep School in-processing

More than 225 Class of 2024 cadet candidates arrive for U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School In-processing Day July 7, 2023. The Prep School gives candidates who fell short of admission standards another opportunity to earn a possible Academy appointment after a 10-month program of academic, military, and physical training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Adalyn Greene)  By Randy Roughton  U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications    U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.- Mohammad Khaliq II arrived at U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School In-processing Day July 7, 2023, prepared to begin making his dream of one day becoming a U.S....

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