Author: David Bitton
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Air Force Academy flying team prepares for national competition
Cadet members of Air Force Academy Precision Flying Team are focused on preparing for nationals after winning their regional competition for the 35th consecutive year. To stay sharp, the team traveled to Meadows Field Airport in Bakersfield, Calif., to train with five other collegiate teams from Feb. 26 to March 5. In all, 23 cadets,…
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Lawmakers applaud Colorado’s military intelligence gathering amid Ukraine invasion
Two federal lawmakers and intelligence committee members highlighted the important role some Colorado military installations are providing by gathering and sharing information among friends as Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine entered its ninth day. U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Denver) and U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) – chair of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence…
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Adaptive technologies aimed at improving lives of injured veterans
Giving a blind skier the ability to ski solo and wheelchair-bound paraplegic and quadriplegics the chance to catch a fish are two of the many projects Quality of Life+ and its university and commercial partners are making a reality. Scott Huyvaert, Quality of Life+ program manager for the Rocky Mountain Region, talked about the nationwide…
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Airmen recount helping fly Afghan refugees to safety
Be ready. That’s the message Lt. Col. Alex Pelbath had for cadets Thursday during the 29th annual National Character and Leadership Symposium at the Air Force Academy. The 2001 graduate shared a stage with 2014 academy graduate and C-17 pilot Capt. Jasmine Leyro and flight nurse Capt. Hannah Swysgood, both of whom shared their experiences…
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Sexual assault reports at Air Force Academy highest in at least 16 years
The Air Force Academy had its highest number of reported sexual assaults in at least 16 years, according to a Pentagon report released last week. The Department of Defense annual report on sexual harassment and violence at the military’s service academies for the 2020-2021 academic year shows the Air Force Academy atop the nation’s two…
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Air Force Academy STEM grads serve as Air Force flight test engineers
Two 2019 Air Force Academy graduates were the first in the school’s history to be selected for a then-new program that put STEM majors without pilot training experience on a path to attend Air Force Test Pilot School so they can then conduct vital flight testing and data generation on a variety of aircraft as…
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Sexual assault reports at Air Force Academy highest in at least 16 years
The Air Force Academy had its highest number of reported sexual assaults in at least 16 years, according to a Pentagon report released Thursday. The Department of Defense annual report on sexual harassment and violence at the military’s service academies for the 2020-2021 academic year shows the Air Force Academy atop the nation’s two other…
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Air Force Academy Foundation adds 3 to board of directors, names honorary director
The Air Force Academy Foundation has added three people to its board of directors and named its first honorary board director. Air Force Academy graduates retired Gen. Norton Schwartz (1973), Rod Little (1992) and Alex Granados (2004) are the newest board members. William Hybl is the foundation’s first honorary board director. “Our new board directors…
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‘Totally inappropriate and wrong’: Chaplain wants sympathy letters again delivered at Pikes Peak National Cemetery
Veterans honoring veterans. That’s the goal Chaplain Kenneth Thibodeau has had the past 57-plus years he has been sharing sympathy letters with families of recently deceased veterans throughout the country. But last month he ran into a roadblock with the Pikes Peak National Cemetery, which, The Gazette learned, won’t pass along letters to family members…
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Colorado Springs centenarian who served as British Army officer in WWII shares her slice of history
Nine months to the day before guns fell silent on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, effectively ending World War I, Monica Agnew-Kinnaman was born in Britain. She grew up in the north-central county of Yorkshire and heard stories of uncles who served in World War I — one…