Air Force Academy News

The El Paso County Health Department is investigating an illness at the Air Force Academy.

It will soon become a lot easier to travel between the mainland and Taiwan after regular direct flights get off the ground.

When Tinley Park's David Izzo graduated from Lincoln-Way East in 2005, he felt the need.

Basic Cadet Training runs from inprocessing to Aug. 1. Classes begin Aug. 6. Basic cadets take their first steps into their Air Force careers as they leave Doolittle Hall and cross over the Memorial Bridge during cadet inprocessing June 25 at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Planning to attend the Fort Carson fireworks fest Friday or the Air Force Academy 's Independence Day celebration on Saturday? Here are some things to know: FORT CARSON, JULY 3 Visitors who don't have a military registration decal on their car can use gates 1, 4 and 20 beginning at 4 p.m. Friday.

Today's July 3 "Never Forget: An Evening of Tribute" event in Dillon is being heralded as the town's biggest military ceremony ever.

Because budget concerns canceled this year's annual 4th of July fireworks show in Memorial Park, the city and Fort Carson have teamed up to offer a celebration on the Mountain Post Friday evening, starting at 4 p.m. The celebration--titled "Rocking the Rockies--will be held in Iron Horse Park.

NASA has a new group of astronaut candidates for the first time in five years, and five of the nine are from the D.C. area.

Hyderabad, Jun 27 : Chief of Army Staff General Deepak Kapoor today exhorted newly-commissioned Indian Air Force officers to acquire full understanding and knowledge of application of new technologies to exploit true potential of air power at a time when the nation was facing external and internal challenges.

HYDERABAD: There were amazing manoeuvres by fighter pilots of the Indian Air Force during the traditional flypast at the combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal here on Saturday.

Sun, 28 Jun '09 Basic Cadet Training Begins The 1,376 members of the U.S. Air Force Academy's Class of 2013 arrived June 25 to begin basic cadet training.

HYDERABAD: Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor has asked Pakistan to remove the perception that it faced a threat from India.

The Air Force plans to add 165 airmen and 130 civilian workers over the next year in the Pikes Peak region as it adjusts its staffing worldwide.

A ceremonial Passing out parade was held today at Air Force Academy, Dindigul, near Hyderabad, where 173 cadets passed out from the premier defence academy as flying officers.

Thursday was the day that the new basic cadets of the class of 2013 showed up for their first day at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Those who knew a young man killed in a car crash on Oakhurst Drive Saturday morning say he had a bright future ahead.

U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday that he has been appointed to the U.S. Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors.

Capt. Sean C. Stevens, son of Steve and Susie Stevens and Judy Stevens, all of Ada, was recently selected as the Air Force Academy Prep School's Company Grade Officer of the Year.

One of the cool new offerings spied a few weeks ago at the AEA 2009 Convention were a pair of new Transponders being repped by Southeast Aerospace.

The El Paso County Sheriff's Office tells 11 News the paraglider, who crashed into Mount Herman and died last Friday, has been identified as 52-year-old Paul Bessell.