Air Force Academy News

A local woman couldn't attend the Air Force Academy ball Friday because of treatment for leukemia.

Maj. Caroline Jensen, 36, is in her first season with the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, "Thunderbirds," and flies the No.

The all-volunteer military desperately needs the skills and talents of women, but potential recruits might ask why they would take the risk.

About this series: Patch stopped by Southern High School on May 22 to speak with a few graduating seniors about their post-high school plans.

The Thunderbirds may be grounded from flying over the May 29 Air Force Academy graduation, but that is not stopping a fleet of historic planes from making an appearance.

On Sunday May 19, 2013 at 9:30 a.m., the Saint John's High School commencement for the Class of 2013 took place in the Hart Center at the College of the Holy Cross.

Photo by Garrison Wells, The Gazette A historic sign that marks a 1959 Girl Scout Senior Roundup will not be damaged by a widening project of Interstate 25.

Growing up in the fringes of the Dipolog city airport, Theodore Karl Quijano was bitten early by the lure of flight and that has taken him all the way to Colorado, where he graduates next week from the US Air Force Academy.

Henry James “Hank” Egan, a 2009 graduate of Princeton High School, will graduate from the U.S. Air Force Academy on May 29 and receive his commission as second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force.

Air Force Squadron 31's guidon flies on Spirit Hill after the senior cadets break ranks during the noon meal formation to take the hill on their last day of classes Friday, May 4, 2012, at the Air Force Academy.

SOCOM cyclist Christopher Self celebrates his victory in the Men's Physical Disability cycling event at the Warrior Games Sunday, May 12, 2013 at the Air Force Academy.

The lawyer for former University of Colorado football player Alex Lewis -- who, along with Buffs quarterback Jordan Webb, is facing charges stemming from a University Hill assault -- backtracked Wednesday on comments suggesting his client may have been "accosted" for wearing Nebraska Cornhuskers gear.

John F. Kennedy Memorial High School Senior Stefan Curcic has been accepted into the United States Air Force Academy and will be heading off on the day of his high school graduation.

On Tuesday, El Paso County commissioners were expected to approve a deal to buy warehouse facilities located at 3755, 3815, 3825 and 3845 N. Mark Dabling Blvd., for use as the El Paso County Sheriff's Office of Emergency Management.

Disclosure: I was lobbied by a couple of former US Army brass who may have had an axe or two to grind and felt that the U.S. Air Force should be restored to its former status as the US Army Air Corps.

On Friday afternoon, Colorado offensive lineman Alex Lewis visited Bo Pelini in Lincoln and decided to transfer to Nebraska.

Fire Department, the 10th Civil Engineering Squadron and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crews at the Air Force Academy will conduct controlled burns Tuesday.

Don't be alarmed if you see smoke on the Air Force Academy Tuesday: the Academy is conducting a controlled burn Tuesday morning through early afternoon.

John Wolford is one of the top rising senior quarterbacks in the Sunshine State.

Britain's Prince Harry of Wales serves as a base in a pyramid formation at the United States Air Force Academy's football training center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, during the fourth day of his week-long visit to the United States on Sunday, May 12.