U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree comes to Colorado Springs on way to D.C.
This year’s U.S. Capitol Christmas tree hails from Colorado and will be on display in Colorado Springs this month as it makes it way to Washington D.C. O Tannenbaum, at 73-feet tall, is sure to delight on its journey across Colorado and the U.S. The tree will visit 28 cities on its way to Washington, [...]
Uncertainty with the federal budget means the U.S. Air Force Academy is receiving fewer dollars from government agencies this year — but that isn’t halting progress at the cadet research and development centers.
Continue reading …The U.S. Air Force Academy will get a new commander Monday. Brig. Gen. Gregory J. Lengyel becomes the Air Force Academy’s 26th Commandant of Cadets in a ceremony June 25 at the Academy. He replaces Brig. Gen. Richard M. Clark. Lengyel will take on the role of Commandant of Cadets, commanding the 4,200-member Cadet Wing [...]
Continue reading …If the U.S. Air Force Academy cadet chapel were a supermodel, May would mark the beginning of its fashion week. Each year, an estimated 500,000 visitors tour the U.S. Air Force Academy ground and inevitably, they all want photos of the chapel, said David Cannon, USAFA spokesman. May, with the academy’s graduation, marks the beginning [...]
Continue reading …An all out slug fest is coming to the U.S. Air Force Academy next month. The nation’s best up and coming collegiate boxers will descend on the academy April 5-7 to compete in the National Collegiate Boxing Association Championships. Boxers in a rage of weight classes will duke it out on the daily card during [...]
Continue reading …The National Homeland Defense Foundation has announced 10 finalists for the National Security Innovation Competition.
In its fifth year, the security competition will be held at the U.S. Air Force Academy on April 29.
The competition was designed to stimulate student interest in national security problem-solving by exposing university-sponsored projects to a broad
audience.
Professors at the U.S. Air Force Academy were ranked the most accessible in the nation for the fifth consecutive year by The Princeton Review. The declaration was made in Princeton Review’s annual “The Best 373 Colleges” guide, released today. The Academy’s student-faculty ratio is 9 to 1, average class size is 20 and all of the [...]
Continue reading …Former Air Force Academy Superintendent and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Albert P. Clark Jr. will buried at the academy cemetery. Clark died March 8 at age 96. He had been living in Colorado Springs. He spent 33 months as a prisoner of war during World War II after being shot down over France. His [...]
Continue reading …Funeral services for Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. A.P. Clark, are scheduled for Wednesday. Services begin with a 10 a.m. Funeral Mass in the Cadet Chapel, followed by a graveside service at the Academy Cemetery. Clark died March 8. He was 96. A resident of Colorado Springs, Clark was the sixth superintendent of the U.S. Air [...]
Continue reading …The Princeton Review has named the U.S. Air Force Academy one of the nation’s top 100 best value colleges for 2010. Selection criteria included more than 30 components in three areas: academics, financial aid and costs of attendance, based on 2008-2009 academic year data. The student-faculty ratio at the academy is 9:1, and the curriculum [...]
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