United States Air Force Academy News

Fairfax high school senior has his heart set on a very exclusive club: African American fighter pilots Gallery As a young black man with a passion for flying, Colin Banks is an anomaly.

One of the responsibilities of Members of Congress is to nominate outstanding young men and women to the four U.S. Service Academies, which include the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.; the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md.; the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo.; and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y.

Shown is the view from the far downstream end into the test section of the U.S. Air Force Academy water tunnel.

From New York to Chicago to Los Angeles, lawmakers from heavily minority areas rank at or near the bottom in the number of students they have nominated for appointment to West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy or the U.S. Air Force Academy, according to an Associated Press review of records from the past five years.

Colin Banks can talk to you about World War I and World War II planes until you're not interested anymore.

Now, a team of aerospace engineers is applying the principles that keep airplanes aloft to create a new wave-energy system that is durable, extremely efficient, and can be placed anywhere in the ocean, regardless of depth.

The Air Force Rampart Winds will return to Estes Park and the Stanley Concert Hall for a Nov.

A U.S. Air Force Academy space weather experiment heads for the International Space Station aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis after the shuttle lifted off at at 2:28 p.m. EST Nov.

Lt. Col. Larry H. Lang, commander and conductor of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band, conducts the ensemble during a performance.

An Air Force fighter squadron commander, a coach with a record number of wrestling wins, a driving force behind the redevelopment of Baltimore's west side and a couple with a long history of employment and volunteer service at the school will be the 2010 inductees for the Hunterdon Central Hall of Fame.

APPLETON - Robert Keebler, partner with Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, has been recognized by CPA magazine as one of the Top 40 Tax Advisors to Know During a Recession.

The 13th Annual Air Force Marathon took place Sept. 19, 2009, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

This Friday is 2009's third Friday the 13th -- a day so foreboding to some that they curtail activity to duck misfortune.

It's hard to imagine what would become of the grandiose schemes of our city's leaders without the beneficence of the El Pomar Foundation.

The U.S. Air Force Academy Band's Wild Blue Country, since its formation in the 1970s, has appeared with such artists as Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr., Reba McEntire and Charlie Daniels.

Maj. Gen Garry Dean served at Tyndall Air Force Base from July 2006 to January 2008.

Emily Buckman, 21st Space Wing Mission Support commander, meets retired Chief Master Sgt.

A United Airlines pilot from Lakewood was arrested by Scotland Yard on charges he was drunk before he was to lead a trans-Atlantic Flight from London to Chicago on Monday.

Photos by MAGGIE FITZROY/Staff San Pablo Elementary School fourth-grader Bayleigh Davis waves an American flag at the jets and helicopters flying by.

Established in 1999, Solaris bring the rich, sonorous sounds of clarinets and percussion to the musical offerings of The United States Air Force Academy Band.