Tag: air force academy
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Air Force Academy goodie bags help deliver a warm welcome to new families
When James Woodhead arrived at the Air Force Academy for school in 1989, he came alone and waited by himself in a hotel for his military education to start. “I was just nervous and terrified,” Woodhead said. It’s how it was done at the time. All cadets said goodbye to their families at home, he…
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U.S. Air Force Academy graduate Josh Yago ‘living a dream’ as he prepares to play in Premier Lacrosse League semis
Josh Yago’s lacrosse story could be a movie script. As a freshman at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Yago tore his ACL before his rookie season had even started. To his surprise, the injury resulted in a medical fifth year at Notre Dame, which led to him being drafted to the Premier Lacrosse League in…
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Air Force men’s basketball announces 2027 conference schedule featuring Mountain West newcomers
Air Force men’s basketball announced its initial Mountain West schedule less than three months ahead of its season opener Nov. 2. The provisional version released Tuesday shows the Falcons hosting nine home games as part of an 18-game schedule with home-and-home series with all nine opponents. Game dates are subject to change after conference television…
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Air Force women’s soccer, picked first Mountain West preseason coaches’ poll, hosts Army in opener
Air Force women’s soccer has quickly transitioned from hunter to hunted. A massive rival will be the first to test that new status. Following the most successful season in decades and with some of the top teams from the conference departed, the Falcons were selected first in the Mountain West preseason coaches’ poll. Air Force…
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Fifty years later, women reflect on first coed class at the Air Force Academy, struggle for equality
When the first female Air Force Academy cadets arrived 50 years ago this summer, they stood in front of an enormous sign on campus that read “Bring me men.” In the shadow of that sign, Kathleen Utley Kornahrens, one of the first 157 women to arrive in 1976, learned the five responses available to basic…
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Air Force Academy welcomes new superintendent
The Air Force Academy bid farewell to Superintendent Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind on Friday morning and welcomed his replacement Lt. Gen. Paul Moga in a change of command ceremony that featured parachutists and the rifle and sabre drill teams. The Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach highlighted some of Bauernfeind’s reforms at the…
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Air Force men’s basketball to face Army, Navy in 2026-27 nonconference schedule
Air Force basketball on Tuesday released its 14-game nonconference schedule, which includes eight home games and matchups with service academy rivals Army and Navy. The Falcons face Army on Nov. 24 in a neutral-site game in San Antonio and play Navy on Dec. 6 at Clune Arena. It will be Navy’s first trip to Colorado…
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USAFA Women collecting oral histories for Library of Congress project
Fifty years ago this summer, the first Air Force Academy women arrived for training — now female graduates are sharing their stories for permanent preservation at the Library of Congress. USAFA Women, an independent nonprofit, set out to collect oral histories through its HERitage Committee to preserve the legacy of the women who attended the…
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USAFA Women collecting oral histories for Library of Congress project
Fifty years ago this summer, the first Air Force Academy women arrived for training — now female graduates are sharing their stories for permanent preservation at the Library of Congress. USAFA Women, an independent nonprofit, set out to collect oral histories through its HERitage Committee to preserve the legacy of the women who attended the…
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Academy D-20 breaks ground on school rebuild, expansion
Academy District 20’s oldest elementary school is set to begin a new era. District leaders broke ground Monday on the site of a new Douglass Valley Elementary School that will update, expand and replace the existing building. Students, families, community and military leaders gathered on the school’s artificial field to witness the ceremonial dig and…