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A USAFA Wings of Blue parachute team member 2nd Class Lori L. Fulton jumps off an Otter aircraft during the 1980 Parachute Tournament

A USAFA Wings of Blue parachute team member 2nd Class Lori L. Fulton j...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: USAF Academy, Colorado Springs State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Robert Wickley Release S... More

U.S. Air Force Academy New Years Fireworks

U.S. Air Force Academy New Years Fireworks

U.S. Air Force Academy -- Fireworks illuminate Pikes Peak a few minutes past midnight on Jan. 1, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Since 1922, locals part of the AdAmAn Club have hiked to the summit before New Y... More

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN John J. Hill descends down a rope of the "Tough One" obstacle during a physical fitness event for DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. SRA Hill is part of the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) team participating here. Defender Challenge is the annual Air Force wide competition sponsored by Air Force Security Forces. This competition showcases the talents and capabilities of 13 international Security Forces teams in seven physical fitness events, base defense and policing skills over six days

US Air Force SENIOR AIRMAN John J. Hill descends down a rope of the "T...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DEFENDER CHALLENGE 2000 Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera... More

SENIOR AIRMAN Raymond Tate, USAF, 366th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), lines up the crosshairs of the Barrett M82A1 .50 caliber semi-automatic rifle on a simulated explosive device, during training with Technical Sergeant David Ashcraft, USAFA, 99th CES, Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD). The team is training while deployed to Southwest Asia in support of Operation ENDURING FREEDOM. The Barrett M82A1 rifle is one of the many ways EOD team members can destroy explosive devices from a safe distance. Operation ENDURING FREEDOM is in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), fighting terrorism abroad, after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 at the New York World Trade...

SENIOR AIRMAN Raymond Tate, USAF, 366th Civil Engineering Squadron (CE...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: SENIOR AIRMAN Raymond Tate, USAF, 366th Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), lines up the crosshairs of the Barrett M82A1 .50 calib... More

Selected by the cadet wing to represent them on this momentous event Cadet First Class (C1C) Warren Halle carries the 2002 Olympic torch through the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Terrazzo (cadet area) to the cheers of fellow cadets and local supporters. The Olympic flame began its trip at Olympia, Greece on November 19, 2001, in the states it made 250 stops, the flame passed from torch to torch by 11,520 torchbearers, on its way to start the 2002 Olympics at Salt Lake City, Utah

Selected by the cadet wing to represent them on this momentous event C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: US Air Force Academy State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFA Scene Camera Operator: SSGT B... More

Completing his 0.2 mile run of the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay through the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) Terrazzo (cadet area), Cadet First Class (C1C) Warren Halle, USAF, passes the flame of the Olympic Torch to Ms. Geri Satterfield, DoD employee, Peterson AFB, Colorado. The Olympic flame began its trip at Olympia, Greece on November 19, 2001, in the states it made 250 stops, the flame passed from torch to torch by 11,520 torchbearers, on its way to start the 2002 Olympics at Salt Lake City, Utah

Completing his 0.2 mile run of the 2002 Olympic Torch Relay through th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: US Air Force Academy State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: USAFA Scene Camera Operator: SSGT B... More

Selected by the cadet wing to represent them on this momentous event Cadet First Class (C1C) Warren Halle carries the 2002 Olympic torch through the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Terrazzo (cadet area) to the cheers of fellow cadets and local supporters. The Olympic flame began its trip at Olympia, Greece on November 19, 2001, in the states it made 250 stops, the flame passed from torch to torch by 11,520 torchbearers, on its way to start the 2002 Olympics at Salt Lake City, Utah

Selected by the cadet wing to represent them on this momentous event C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: US Air Force Academy State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Benjamin S. Bloker, USAF Release S... More

US Air Force (USAF) General Counsel Mary L. Walker, left, answers questions from reporters about the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) sexual misconduct study released June 19th during a Pentagon press briefing

US Air Force (USAF) General Counsel Mary L. Walker, left, answers ques...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFNEWS Scene Camera Operator: MSGT ... More

US Air Force (USAF) General Counsel Mary L. Walker, holds a copy of the report on the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) sexual misconduct study released June 19th during a Pentagon press briefing. USAF Brigadier General (BGEN) Ron Rand, director of Air Force public affairs, listens

US Air Force (USAF) General Counsel Mary L. Walker, holds a copy of th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: AFNEWS Scene Camera Operator: MSGT ... More

US President George H. W. Bush waves to the crowd after landing at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO). The President is in town to present the commencement speech to the 2004 graduating class at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA)

US President George H. W. Bush waves to the crowd after landing at Pet...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Budd Butcher, CIV, USAF Release Stat... More

US President George H. W. Bush waves to the crowd after landing at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO). The President is in town to present the commencement speech to the 2004 graduating class at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA)

US President George H. W. Bush waves to the crowd after landing at Pet...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Budd Butcher, CIV, USAF Release Stat... More

Air Force One (VC-25) arrives at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO). US President George H. W. Bush is in town to give the commencement speech to the 2004 graduating class at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA)

Air Force One (VC-25) arrives at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colora...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Budd Butcher, CIV, USAF Release Stat... More

Air Force One (VC-25) taking off from Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO). The President was in town to present the commencement speech to the 2004 graduating class at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA)

Air Force One (VC-25) taking off from Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Budd Butcher, CIV, USAF Release Stat... More

US Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO), US Air Force (USAF) General (GEN) Lance W. Lord, Commander, Air Force Space Command (AFSC), and USAF Brigadier General (BGEN) Richard E. Webber, Commander, 21st Space Wing (SW), greet US President George H. W. Bush upon his arrival at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO). The President is in town to present the commencement speech to the 2004 graduating class at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA)

US Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO), US Air Force (USAF) General...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Budd Butcher, CIV, USAF Release Stat... More

US President George H. W. Bush walking down steps from Air Force One (VC-35) after landing at Peterson Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado (CO). The President is in town to present the commencement speech to the 2004 graduating class at the US Air Force Academy (USAFA)

US President George H. W. Bush walking down steps from Air Force One (...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Peterson Air Force Base State: Colorado (CO) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Budd Butcher, CIV, USAF Release Stat... More

Cadet First Class Jacob Fuka (right) and US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Alex Guerrero, US Air Force Academy (USAFA) walk into the crowd after parachuting in at Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Arkansas (AR) in the support of the Heroes of the Heartland Air Show

Cadet First Class Jacob Fuka (right) and US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Ser...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Natashia Burch, USAF Release ... More

Cadet First Class Jacob Fuka, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), 98th Flying Training Squadron (FTS), packs his parachute on the flightline during the 2004 Heroes of the Heartland Air Show on Little Rock Air Force Base (AFB), Arkansas (AR)

Cadet First Class Jacob Fuka, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA),...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Little Rock Air Force Base State: Arkansas (AR) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Natashia Burch, USAF Release ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Steve Taylor, 62nd Operations Support Squadron (OSS), adjusts Night Vision Goggles for US Air Force Academy (USAFA) Cadet Second Class (C2C) Megan Stromberg, during an equipment demonstration. C2C Stromberg is part of a group of cadets from the Academy and other Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) programs visiting McChord Air Force Base (AFB), Washington (WA), as part of an Operational Air Force program where cadets get a chance to see, hands on, what the different career fields offer

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Steve Taylor, 62nd Operat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Mcchord Air Force Base State: Washington (WA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Kristin Royalty, CIV, USAF Release ... More

US Air Force Academy (USAFA) Cadet First Class (C1C) Kim Herd Shows off the USAFA Falcon during Arctic Thunder 2004 Air Show at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK)

US Air Force Academy (USAFA) Cadet First Class (C1C) Kim Herd Shows of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN De-Juan Haley, USAF Release Statu... More

US Air Force Academy (USAFA) Cadet First Class (C1C) Kim Herd Shows off the USAFA Falcon during Arctic Thunder 2004 Air Show at Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska (AK)

US Air Force Academy (USAFA) Cadet First Class (C1C) Kim Herd Shows of...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Elmendorf Air Force Base State: Alaska (AK) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: AMN De-Juan Haley, USAF Release Statu... More

Cadets get charged up! U.S. Air Force, California

Cadets get charged up! U.S. Air Force, California

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 2nd Class Christopher Nelson from the Cadet Squadron 13, grimaces in agony while voluntarily receiving a 50,000 volt (.0036A) shock from a TASER X-26 Electronic Control Device, July... More

U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465th Air

U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465th Air

U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron refuels U.S. Marine Corps F-18 Hornet over Hawaii in support of RIMPAC July 28, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarin... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jerome Thomas, C-17 Globemaster

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jerome Thomas, C-17 Globemaster

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jerome Thomas, C-17 Globemaster III loadmaster with the 535th Air Lift Squadron, prepares to drop a pallet over Hawaii in support of RIMPAC, July 24, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more tha... More

Joseph Negron, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps All-Marine

Joseph Negron, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps All-Marine

Joseph Negron, a member of the U.S. Marine Corps All-Marine wheelchair basketball team, does drills and works on his agility and shooting skills during final training at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado S... More

USAF Academy graduate helps lead Estonian air force

USAF Academy graduate helps lead Estonian air force

Lt. Col. Jaak Tarien is the chief of staff of the Estonian air force and a 1998 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Tarien said while at the Academy he learned that Estonia has “good allies. People who are ... More

U.S. Air Force Academy parachute team 'Wings of Blue'

U.S. Air Force Academy parachute team 'Wings of Blue'

U.S. Air Force Academy parachute team 'Wings of Blue' jump from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park, home to the Charleston Riverdogs baseball team, Charleston, S.C., June 18, 2012. W... More

A T-38 Thunderbird on static display is surrounded

A T-38 Thunderbird on static display is surrounded

A T-38 Thunderbird on static display is surrounded by a rapidly spreading smoke cloud at the U.S. Air Force Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 26, 2012. The Waldo Canyon fire is burning in the a... More

Firefighters with the U.S. Air Force Academy's 10th

Firefighters with the U.S. Air Force Academy's 10th

Firefighters with the U.S. Air Force Academy's 10th Civil Engineer Squadron receive a safety briefing in the Pine Valley housing area at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 26, 2012, as part of firefig... More

In this view from Interstate 25, the Waldo Canyon fire

In this view from Interstate 25, the Waldo Canyon fire

In this view from Interstate 25, the Waldo Canyon fire burns off the southern border of the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 27, 2012. Mandatory evacuations took place for all housing res... More

A S-64E Sikorsky Sky-Crane flies towards the U.S. Air

A S-64E Sikorsky Sky-Crane flies towards the U.S. Air

A S-64E Sikorsky Sky-Crane flies towards the U.S. Air Force Academy's airfield to refuel while fighting the Waldo Canyon fire in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 28, 2012. The Air Force Academy airfield is being us... More

A couple of deer cross the road of an evacuated neighborhood

A couple of deer cross the road of an evacuated neighborhood

A couple of deer cross the road of an evacuated neighborhood in the Mount St. Francis area of Colorado Springs, Colo., June 28, 2012, while firefighters continue to battle several fires in Waldo Canyon. The Wal... More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Major Ron Patterson with the

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Major Ron Patterson with the

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Major Ron Patterson with the 52nd Engineering Battalion uses a bulldozer to build a fire break at the U.S. Air Force Academy in support of the Waldo Canyon wild fire in Colorado Springs, ... More

Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, commander Continental

Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, commander Continental

Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III, commander Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command Region receives a briefing from U.S. Air Force Academy Fire Chief Ernst Piercy about firefighting and protecti... More

A helicopter contracted by the U.S. Forest Service

A helicopter contracted by the U.S. Forest Service

A helicopter contracted by the U.S. Forest Service drops retardant in support of the Waldo Canyon wild fire in Colorado Springs, Colo. on June 27, 2012.

97th AMW commander welcomes USAFA cadets

97th AMW commander welcomes USAFA cadets

Col. Casey D. Eaton, 97th Air Mobility Wing vice commander, welcomes United States Air Force Academy cadets, July 17, 2012. Through Operation Air Force, USAFA cadets get the opportunity to visit various bases t... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J. Kenny Ryder, flight engineer

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J. Kenny Ryder, flight engineer

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. J. Kenny Ryder, flight engineer with the 129th Rescue Squadron from Moffett Field, Calif., looks for a stranded man during a search and rescue exercise in Bellows Field, Hawaii on Jul... More

U.S. Air Force  F-16C Fighting Falcon refuels east

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon refuels east

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon refuels east of Hawaii by a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron July 24, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 a... More

U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III with the 535th

U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III with the 535th

U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III with the 535th Air Lift Squadron drops pallets over Hawaii in support of RIMPAC July 24, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft ... More

U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465th Air

U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465th Air

U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron refuels U.S. Marine Corps F-18 Hornet over Hawaii in support of RIMPAC, July 28, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submari... More

USAFA cadet dies - A man in a military uniform posing for a picture

USAFA cadet dies - A man in a military uniform posing for a picture

Air Force Academy Cadet 4th Class James L. Walsh died Saturday night in the cadet area. The cause of death is under investigation.

Cadet 1st Class Austin Nash of cadet squadron 32 and

Cadet 1st Class Austin Nash of cadet squadron 32 and

Cadet 1st Class Austin Nash of cadet squadron 32 and Cadet 3rd Class Alexandra Lingle of cadet squadron 8 participate in the Wreath Laying Ceremony at the 9/11 Memorial on the terrazzo at the U.S. Air Force Aca... More

Football players, cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy,

Football players, cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy,

Football players, cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy, practice their snap formation prior to a game against the University of Nevada, Las Vegas at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Sept. 22, 2012. (U.S. Air Fo... More

Sophomore running back Broam Hart runs through blocks

Sophomore running back Broam Hart runs through blocks

Sophomore running back Broam Hart runs through blocks during first half action as Air Force met Navy at the U.S. Air Force Academy's Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct 6, 2012. The Midshipmen defea... More

Air Force men's basketball, Colorado Springs

Air Force men's basketball, Colorado Springs

Falcon's cheerleader Elizabeth Kovaric anxiously looks on as the score ties during the men's basketball game against Wichita State on Dec. 2, 2012. The Air Force Falcons played well, but eventually fell to the ... More

Brig. Gen. Gregory Lengyel, commandant of cadets swears

Brig. Gen. Gregory Lengyel, commandant of cadets swears

Brig. Gen. Gregory Lengyel, commandant of cadets swears in newly commissioned second lieutenants Jonathon Yi, Erik Soderberg, Connor Dietz and Raymond Crone during the Class of 2012 Winter Graduation Ceremony a... More

Academy firefighters recognized for Waldo Canyon fire efforts

Academy firefighters recognized for Waldo Canyon fire efforts

Col. Michael Addison (far left) speaks with firefighters during an award presentation ceremony at the Air Force Academy's Fire Station 3 Dec. 19, 2012. More than 50 firefighters were recognized with Air Force A... More

U.S. Air Force Academy cadet first classmen Yasmin

U.S. Air Force Academy cadet first classmen Yasmin

U.S. Air Force Academy cadet first classmen Yasmin Sarmiento and Alyssa Manwaring practice for the 57th Inaugural Parade at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Jan. 20, 2013. Cadet Squadron 22, which was ... More

Speaking is city Mayor Steve Bach during the unveiling

Speaking is city Mayor Steve Bach during the unveiling

Speaking is city Mayor Steve Bach during the unveiling of the U.S. Air Force Academy visual displays at the Colorado Springs Airport Feb. 5, 2013. The ribbon cutting was conducted by Mayor Steve Bach and academ... More

His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales meets with

His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales meets with

His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales meets with cadet falconers during his visit to the Academy May 12. Prince Harry made a stop in Colorado Springs and the Academy during his week-long visit to the United ... More

Flags are ready to be placed at the grave markers of

Flags are ready to be placed at the grave markers of

Flags are ready to be placed at the grave markers of veterans by volunteers at the U.S. Air Force Academy Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 20, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ray McCoy/"Released")

Echo Company 2-4, General Support Aviation

Echo Company 2-4, General Support Aviation

Echo Company 2-4, General Support Aviation Battalion/Distribution Platoon from Fort Carson Army Base, set up a forward area refueling point at the U.S. Air Force Academy Airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo. Chin... More

Adam Bradley Groesbeck, along with a room full of new

Adam Bradley Groesbeck, along with a room full of new

Adam Bradley Groesbeck, along with a room full of new attendees, takes his official oath as part of Inprocessing Day at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., June 27, 2013. (U.S. Air Force phot... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ells, CH-47 Chinook helicopter

U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ells, CH-47 Chinook helicopter

U.S. Army Sgt. Frankie Ells, CH-47 Chinook helicopter Crew Chief with the 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation Battalion, Colorado National Guard, checks gauges before a flight to the U.S. Air Force Ac... More

Basic cadet Leah Young low-crawls while navigating

Basic cadet Leah Young low-crawls while navigating

Basic cadet Leah Young low-crawls while navigating the Assault Course in Jacks Valley during Basic Cadet Training July 30. Young is a prior-enlisted Airman who applied and was accepted to the Academy through th... More

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh, III leads

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh, III leads

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh, III leads Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy and incoming superintendent Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, on the Academy's terrazzo to start... More

Louis Fischer, Schriever Antiterrorism officer, recounts

Louis Fischer, Schriever Antiterrorism officer, recounts

Louis Fischer, Schriever Antiterrorism officer, recounts his time at U.S. Air Force Academy as a military training leader. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher DeWitt)

Air National Guard 1st Lt. Benjamin Garland, Denver

Air National Guard 1st Lt. Benjamin Garland, Denver

Air National Guard 1st Lt. Benjamin Garland, Denver Broncos Offensive Guard and 140th Wing Public Affairs Officer, stand with Ronnie Hillman (21) and Montee Ball (38) as he listens to the National Anthem at Spo... More

Air National Guard 1st Lt. Benjamin Garland (63), Denver

Air National Guard 1st Lt. Benjamin Garland (63), Denver

Air National Guard 1st Lt. Benjamin Garland (63), Denver Broncos offensive guard and 140th Wing public affairs officer, stretches out before a game at Sports Authority Field at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colo.,... More

2021 HULA BOWL, US Air Force Photo

2021 HULA BOWL, US Air Force Photo

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T-38C Talon prepares for take-off

T-38C Talon prepares for take-off

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Kendrick Sanders, taxies to the flightline before an incentive flight with Maj. Paul Redmond, 14th Operations Group assistant operations officer and T-38C Talon instructor pilot, De... More

Cadets from the United States Air Force Academy pose

Cadets from the United States Air Force Academy pose

Cadets from the United States Air Force Academy pose for a picture while taking a tour with the public affairs staff at the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing. Cadets participate in the deployed operations program wh... More

ISS042E292319 (03/01/2015) --- US astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Terry Virts are suited up Mar 1, 2015 for a later spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Virts tweeted this image with the following comment on Mar. 3, 2015 " Teammates- USAF and USN working great together in orbit and on our spacewalks! #USAFA #goairforcebeatnavy". iss042e292319

ISS042E292319 (03/01/2015) --- US astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and...

ISS042E292319 (03/01/2015) --- US astronauts Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Terry Virts are suited up Mar 1, 2015 for a later spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Virts tweeted this image with the foll... More

Cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs,

Cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs,

Cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., listen to a subject matter expert from the 16th Special Operations Squadron give a briefing on the AC-130H Spectre gunship April 17, 2015, at Can... More

Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson, superintendent, U.S.

Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson, superintendent, U.S.

Lt. Gen. Michelle D. Johnson, superintendent, U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Colo., stands with the Commander-in-Chief trophy with some of the Academy football team behind her, at the White House,... More

MacDill lieutenant to compete for AMC marathon team

MacDill lieutenant to compete for AMC marathon team

First Lt. Christopher Chorney, 91st Air Refueling Squadron wing mission planner, previously competed for the Air Education and Training Command’s marathon team before his permanent change of station to MacDill ... More

Maj. Ryan Smith, UH-60A Black Hawk pilot, addresses

Maj. Ryan Smith, UH-60A Black Hawk pilot, addresses

Maj. Ryan Smith, UH-60A Black Hawk pilot, addresses visiting African air force members touring the New Jersey Army National Guard’s Army Aviation Support Facility during an AFRICOM conference at Joint Base McGu... More

Service members and family line the streets at Peterson

Service members and family line the streets at Peterson

Service members and family line the streets at Peterson Air Force Base during a dignified transfer ceremony for Maj. Phyllis Pelky on Oct. 23, 2015 at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. Pelky was deployed from the ... More

Maintainers with the 727th Special Operations Aircraft

Maintainers with the 727th Special Operations Aircraft

Maintainers with the 727th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and aircrew with the 20th Special Operations Squadron prepare CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft for an aerial and ground demonstration ... More

Stone inspires cadets, headlines symposium

Stone inspires cadets, headlines symposium

Staff Sgt. Spencer Stone serves as the keynote speaker Feb. 25 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. Stone told his story about disarming, a terrorist during the August 2015 attack aboard a Paris-bound train. (U... More

Cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy depart Cannon

Cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy depart Cannon

Cadets with the U.S. Air Force Academy depart Cannon on an MC-130 J assigned to the 9th Special Operations Squadron April 10, 2016 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. The Commando II flight with 27th Special Operati... More

Students from West Point and other U.S. military academies

Students from West Point and other U.S. military academies

Students from West Point and other U.S. military academies are at Sandia National Laboratories this summer as part of NNSA’s Military Academic Collaboration. The program gives cadets real-world research experie... More

United States Air Force Academy cadets listen to a

United States Air Force Academy cadets listen to a

United States Air Force Academy cadets listen to a briefing about the extensive preparation required prior to deployments during an immersion tour at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., July 12, 2016. Six cadets wit... More

1 st Lt. Cale Simmons Air Force contracting officer,

1 st Lt. Cale Simmons Air Force contracting officer,

1 st Lt. Cale Simmons Air Force contracting officer, World Class Athlete Program member and 2016 Summer Olympian. Official Photo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lee Schwabe)

1 st Lt. Cale Simmons Air Force contracting officer,

1 st Lt. Cale Simmons Air Force contracting officer,

1 st Lt. Cale Simmons Air Force contracting officer, World Class Athlete Program member and 2016 Summer Olympian. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cory D. Payne)

U.S. Air Force Academy cadets from Colorado Springs,

U.S. Air Force Academy cadets from Colorado Springs,

U.S. Air Force Academy cadets from Colorado Springs, Colo., stand inside the belly of a B-29 Stratofortress as they learn about the aircraft, Aug. 1, 2016, in Wichita, Kan. The cadets heading into their junior ... More

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

As a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s In the Stairwell, Cadet 1st Class Mormon Redd, a Farmington, Utah, native, will be performing at the America’s Got Talent semi-final round Sept. 12.

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

As a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s In the Stairwell, Cadet 2nd Class Joshua Jalowiec, a Wood Dale, Ill., native, will be performing at the America’s Got Talent semi-final round Sept. 12.

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

As a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s In the Stairwell, Cadet 1st Class Jared Bogdan, a Lambertville, N.J., native, will be performing at the America’s Got Talent semi-final round Sept. 12.

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

As a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s In the Stairwell, Cadet 1st Class Joshua Surver, an Orono, Minn., native, will be performing at the America’s Got Talent semi-final round Sept. 12.

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

As a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s In the Stairwell, Cadet 1st Class Mackenzie Lerum, San Diego native, will be performing at the America’s Got Talent semi-final round Sept. 12.

Academy graduate reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

Academy graduate reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

As a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s In the Stairwell, 2nd Lt. Benjamin Hightower, a Mobile, Ala., native, will be performing at the America’s Got Talent semi-final round Sept. 12.

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

As a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s In the Stairwell, Cadet 1st Class Mercer Martin, a Greenville, Penn., native, will be performing at the America’s Got Talent semi-final round Sept. 12.

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

Academy cadet reaches America’s Got Talent semi-finals

As a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy’s In the Stairwell, Cadet 2nd Class Thompson Knox, a Chandler, Ariz., native, will be performing at the America’s Got Talent semi-final round Sept. 12.

Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning answers questions

Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning answers questions

Secretary of the Army Eric Fanning answers questions for a U.S. Military Academy cadet following a parade at West Point for the Army-Air Force game Nov. 5, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Julio A. Ol... More

A U.S. Air Force Academy football helmet is on display

A U.S. Air Force Academy football helmet is on display

A U.S. Air Force Academy football helmet is on display in front of a P-40 Warhawk at the George W. Bush Airpark, Dec. 29, 2016, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The team will be sporting the teeth, made famous by t... More

Members of the U.S. Air Force Falcons and South Alabama

Members of the U.S. Air Force Falcons and South Alabama

Members of the U.S. Air Force Falcons and South Alabama Jaguars crowd the field during the 2016 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl at the Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Ariz., Dec. 30, 2016. The Falcons overcame an 18-po... More

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Members participating

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Members participating

SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- Members participating in the 2017 Reduced Combat Leaders Course, held at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, run through drills before heading into the mountains on Friday... More

The U.S. Air Force Parachute Team, the Wings of Blue,

The U.S. Air Force Parachute Team, the Wings of Blue,

The U.S. Air Force Parachute Team, the Wings of Blue, consists of demonstration and competition teams, representing the Air Force in numerous national and international events. The primary mission of the Wings ... More

Patrouille France pilot

Patrouille France pilot

French air force Maj. Nicolas Lieumont, Patrouille France pilot, shows his Falcon spirit after flying over the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, April 19, 2017. Lieumont was an exchange student at the Academy i... More

Cadet, professor improve body armor technology

Cadet, professor improve body armor technology

Air Force Academy Cadet 1st Class Hayley Weir and Dr. Ryan Burke, assistant professor with the Department of Military and Strategic Studies, designed armor prototypes capable of stopping 9 mm, .40-caliber Smith... More

Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, Air Force Academy superintendent,

Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, Air Force Academy superintendent,

Lt. Gen. Michelle Johnson, Air Force Academy superintendent, presides the Cadet Wing assumption of command ceremony at the Air Force Academy, Colorado, May 15, 2017. Brig. Gen. Kristin Goodwin is the 28th Cadet... More

Air Force Thunderbirds No. 3 arrives at Peterson Air

Air Force Thunderbirds No. 3 arrives at Peterson Air

Air Force Thunderbirds No. 3 arrives at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, May 22, 2017. The Thunderbirds team conducted an aerial demonstration performance during the Air Force Academy's graduation May 24, 201... More

Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, Air Force Thunderbirds operations

Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, Air Force Thunderbirds operations

Lt. Col. Kevin Walsh, Air Force Thunderbirds operations officer, meets with retired Maj. Paul Lasen following the team’s arrival at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, May 22, 2017. The Thunderbirds will be perf... More

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with Dr. Heather Wilson, 24th Secretary of the Air Force, prior to the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 2017 Graduation... More

Air Force Academy graduates wait at the Falcon Station

Air Force Academy graduates wait at the Falcon Station

Air Force Academy graduates wait at the Falcon Station tunnel prior to the graduation ceremony at the Air Force Academy, Colorado, May 24, 2017. Nearly 1,000 cadets graduated during the ceremony. (U.S. Air Forc... More

Class of 2020 cadets undergo expeditionary, survival

Class of 2020 cadets undergo expeditionary, survival

Class of 2020 cadets undergo expeditionary, survival and evasion training at Air Force Academy, Colorado, June 9, 2017. The training was designed to teach cadets skillsets such as passive defense, force protect... More

Two cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy observe

Two cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy observe

Two cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy observe Senior Master Sgt. Jim Martin, 314th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, as he prepares for a refueling trainer mission June 9, 2017. Cadets were given an in... More

Cadet 2nd Class Preston Roche, Air Force Academy student,

Cadet 2nd Class Preston Roche, Air Force Academy student,

Cadet 2nd Class Preston Roche, Air Force Academy student, talks with a pilot from the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, July 5, 2017. The cadets visited several different squadrons around... More

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 2nd Class Madison Tung

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 2nd Class Madison Tung

U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet 2nd Class Madison Tung climbs out of an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 11, 2017. While visiting various bases hosted by Operation Air Force, junior... More

Maj. Jason Castleberry (left), Lt. Col. David Meier

Maj. Jason Castleberry (left), Lt. Col. David Meier

Maj. Jason Castleberry (left), Lt. Col. David Meier (right), and 20 U.S. Air Force Academy cadets pose for a photo at an undisclosed location in southwest Asia, July 7, 2017. Cadets visited the 380th Air Expedi... More

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