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Air Force Academy graduate to test new supersonic X-59 jet
An Air Force Academy graduate will be the lead test pilot for a new needle-nosed jet NASA is rolling out Friday that will not make the same boom as the supersonic planes of the past. “Yeager broke the sound barrier and now we are trying to fix it,” joked test pilot David Nils Larson, referencing…
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Air Force Academy cadet pleads guilty to using psilocybin and fraudulent appointment
An Air Force Academy cadet pleaded guilty during a hearing Thursday to using psilocybin and providing false information that could have blocked his appointment to the school. Cadet Seth Misukanis confessed to Judge Col. Julie Pitvorec that he accepted a drink with psilocybin in it during a New Year’s Eve Party in 2022 while on…
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Air Force Academy training Wednesday to feature simulated gunfire, smoke and other activity
The Air Force Academy is holding an emergency response training Wednesday evening. The training is expected to feature first responder activity, alarms, simulated gunfire, simulated explosions and smoke from training devices, a news release said. Brief delays to traffic and routine services are possible. The exercise will be held in coordination with first responder agencies,…
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Air Force Academy cadet faces court-martial on drug charges among other accusations
An Air Force Academy cadet will face a court-martial later this week on charges including use of cocaine and psilocybin. Cadet Seth Misukanis is facing allegations of fraudulent appointment, which means he may have falsely represented himself in the appointment process. He is also accused of making false statements, using cocaine and psilocybin, a psychedelic…
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Air Force Academy cadet faces court-martial in sexual assault case
The court-martial of an Air Force Academy cadet started Monday over allegations he sexually assaulted a fellow cadet in 2021 at a vacation rental house in Tabernash on the Western Slope. Cadet Eamon McHugh and nine other cadets started drinking during the afternoon of Saturday, May 16, 2021, to celebrate receiving their class rings, a tradition…
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Air Force Academy clinic closed due to ‘suspicious package’
The main clinic on the U.S. Air Force Academy campus will remain closed Wednesday after a “suspicious package” prompted investigation on Tuesday, according to a news release. The Air Force Academy says an “ongoing response” is required after the discovery of the package at the 10th Medical Group main clinic Tuesday morning. Patients who missed…
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Funeral honors Air Force Academy’s first astronaut
The life of retired Air Force Colonel Karol Bobko was honored at the United States Air Force Academy Cemetery on Friday, Sept 8. Colonel Bobko, a member of the Academy’s first graduating class in 1959, was the first Academy Graduate to serve as a NASA Astronaut.
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First Air Force Academy astronaut — the only to fly on maiden voyages of two shuttles — buried at academy cemetery
Col. Karol “Bo” Bobko went to space three times as part of a career with NASA that spanned almost 20 years.
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Air Force Academy honors first Black graduates during home football opener
Years before Charles Bush became “BG-1” — the unofficial call sign for the first Black graduate of the Air Force Academy — he knew a thing or two about being first. In July 1954, two months after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, Bush was tapped by Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren to be…
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Air Force Academy cadet injured in parachute accident transferred to Florida
An Air Force Academy cadet injured during parachute training in July was transferred to a Florida hospital this week after making remarkable progress in his recovery, according to a statement from an academy spokesman. In an Instagram post Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard Clark praised the cadet’s recovery calling him one of the toughest people he’s…