air force academy
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First Air Force Academy grads usher newest cadets into the Long Blue Line
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Members of the Air Force Academy’s Class of 1959 – its first graduating class – ushered the newest crop of cadets across the academy’s Challenge Bridge on Thursday in a symbolic passing from their civilian pasts to their military futures. The basic cadets, who marched back Wednesday from Jacks Valley, a 3,300-acre training area on…
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Colonel gets schooled by parachuting Air Force Academy cadets
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“Stand in the door!” Never before had four words caused such extreme anxiety. Circling above the Air Force Academy in the back of our trusty Twin Otter at 4,500 feet, I sat shoulder-to-shoulder in nervous anticipation with seven cadets. A warmer day than usual, sweat covered our faces. Maybe nerves were a factor? This would…
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Air Force Academy Class of 2023 gets the basic welcome
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The Air Force Academy welcomes the class of 2023. (Video by Katie Klann) Traci Stine began to cry as she gave her son Caden a last hug Thursday . The hug would have to suffice – she couldn’t put into words how she felt as her son entered the Air Force Academy along with the…
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Time of change brings new leaders to Colorado Springs, Pentagon
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Welcome to summer, when flowers bloom and the military brings in new bosses. At Fort Carson, several brigades have gotten new commanders in recent days, and its hospital has a pair of new leaders. One Fort Carson brigade even got a new boss while stationed overseas. The 3rd Brigade Combat team held a change of…
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COMMENTARY | Colorado Springs couple celebrates Trump’s presidency
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Editor’s note: Today, columnist David Ramsey talks with supporters of President Donald Trump. Yesterday, Ramsey talked with a critic of Trump. It was Election Night 2016 when Sidney Patin entered a nervous sleep. He wasn’t sure if Donald Trump, his beloved candidate, would defeat Hillary Clinton. Myra, his wife, shook him awake at 2 a.m.…
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Air Force Academy worried about weather for Trump visit, graduation
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Leaders at the Air Force Academy were putting the final touches on graduation plans Wednesday and keeping a wary eye on the weather for Thursday’s ceremony that will see 1,000 seniors pin on lieutenants bars after a speech by President Donald Trump. The graduation hasn’t been forced indoors since Falcon Stadium opened in 1962. But…
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Air Force Academy graduates to hear from Trump
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With a speech from President Donald Trump and the Thunderbirds flying team roaring overhead, the Air Force Academy will graduate 1,000 cadets Thursday. The 10:30 a.m. event will pack Falcon Stadium. More than 19,000 tickets for the graduation were snapped up, ensuring a string of traffic tangles in northern El Paso County. …
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Free tickets to Air Force Academy graduation go fast after Trump bumps the vice president
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COLORADO SPRINGS – All 600 free tickets to this month’s Air Force Academy graduation in Falcon Stadium where President Donald Trump will deliver the commencement address were scooped up in less than 10 minutes Thursday morning. Trump, who was not scheduled to attend Air Force graduation until next year, bumped Vice President Mike Pence last…
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Sex assaults on women at Air Force Academy increasing, Pentagon report says
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The number of women who faced unwanted sexual contact jumped last year at the Air Force Academy, following a trend that included West Point and Annapolis. The jump was documented in a new Pentagon report released Thursday. For the academic year that ended in 2018, 15 percent of academy women reported unwanted sexual contact, up…
