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23 unusual facts about United States Air Force Academy


1957 college football season

On Friday, September 20, the United States Air Force Academy, founded two years earlier, fielded its first college football team.

Bellaire Bridge

Along with this, Ney nominated Barack's son for appointment to the United States Air Force Academy.

C1C

Cadet First Class, the rank of a cadet in her fourth and final (senior) year at the United States Air Force Academy

Cadet Ice Arena

The Cadet Ice Arena is a 2,502-seat hockey rink on the grounds of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Chloe Sutton

Her father is a U.S. Air Force officer who was in the Pentagon at the time of the September 11 attacks and is a former football player who played for the U.S. Air Force Academy.

Community College of the Air Force

Representatives of the Air Training Command (ATC), Air University, and the United States Air Force Academy held numerous conferences in 1971 to discuss increased training for Air Force non-commissioned officers (NCOs).

École de l'air

In 1969, the École de l'Air began an exchange program with the United States Air Force Academy, for eight cadets per school each year.

Emily Robison

She had enjoyed playing throughout school, but was at an age where she was already entertaining thoughts of working hard to be accepted by the United States Air Force Academy.

Gillian Sorensen

An experienced public speaker, she has addressed audiences as diverse as Rotary International and the United States Air Force Academy; university students; journalists and leaders of civil society.

LET L-13 Blaník

In United States Air Force Academy service, it is designated TG-10C and is used for basic flight training.

Lieutenant

In the US Air Force, the Third Lieutenant Program refers specifically to a training program at active duty air force bases for cadets of the Air Force Academy and Air Force ROTC the summer before their fourth and final year before graduation and commissioning.

Louis Skidmore

Another major government-appointed project was the United States Air Force Academy.

Mike Mangold

Mangold began his aviation career in 1974 as a skydiver while attending the United States Air Force Academy.

Nathaniel A. Owings

In 1954, SOM was awarded another major government-appointed project—creating a campus for the United States Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado.

On Orbit Mission Control

The United States Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado will operate a backup ground station for PicoSAT satellite to increase the amount of experimental data.

Pikeview, Colorado

Despite being nearer to the Husted station, the United States Air Force Academy site near the "Pine Valley Airpark" was called the "Pike View site" before it was selected by the Land Acquisition Commission in 1955 (flying resumed in 1964 after the academy was completed).

Republic, Pennsylvania

Jeffrey Pelehac, or "The Dancing Cadet", became famous in 2005 because of many viral videos posted on the Internet by his friends at the United States Air Force Academy.

Robert C. MacKenzie

After finishing high school at the age of 17 in 1966, MacKenzie was awarded an appointment to the United States Air Force Academy.

Robert Moorman

Great-grandfather of Thomas Samuel Moorman (July 11, 1910 – December 23, 1997) – Lt. Gen USAF, Commandant United States Air Force Academy 1965 - 1970

Schweizer Aircraft

The development of the Schweizer SGM 2-37 two-place motor glider for the United States Air Force Academy in 1982 led to a new area of expertise for the company.

The 2-33 was adopted by the United States Air Force Academy as the TG-4, for use in introductory airmanship training.

Scribner State Airport

By 1951, word came that the then surplus Scribner Air Base was being considered as the site of a proposed United States Air Force Academy.

Stuart, Iowa

Buck Shaw - offensive tackle who blocked for George Gipp on Knute Rockne's first undefeated University of Notre Dame football team, the first football head coach at the United States Air Force Academy, the Philadelphia Eagles head coach who won 1960 NFL Championship, and the only coach to have beaten Vince Lombardi in the playoffs.


.mil

Also, the military uses edu domains for its service academies: the United States Military Academy, United States Coast Guard Academy, United States Naval Academy, and the United States Air Force Academy can all be reached using either an edu or a mil domain.

Air Force Falcons men's basketball

The Air Force Falcons men's basketball team represents the United States Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in NCAA Division I basketball competition.

Air Force Training Ribbon

Initial accession training in USAF is defined as Basic Military Training (BMT) for enlisted personnel, Basic Cadet Training (BCT) at the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), or commissioning through Air Force ROTC (AFROTC), Officer Training School (OTS) or other specialized USAF officer accession programs.

Air officer commanding

In the United States Air Force, the term "air officer commanding" is used specifically to refer to the specially selected officers who command cadet squadrons and groups at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Donald R. McMonagle

McMonagle received a Bachelor of Science degree in Astronautical Engineering from the United States Air Force Academy in 1974, a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from California State University-Fresno in 1985 and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business in 2003.

Karl W. Richter

Encouraged, again by his sister, to apply to the United States Air Force Academy, he was nominated by Michigan Senator Philip Hart and Congressman William Broomfield, graduating June 3, 1964, with a commission as a second lieutenant in the Regular Air Force.

Kenny Noble Cortes

He graduated from the USAF Academy Prep School and received an appointment to the USAF Academy in Colorado Springs.

Marcelite J. Harris

Also, as of September 15, 2010, General Harris was appointed by President Barack Obama to serve as a member of the Board of Visitors for the United States Air Force Academy.

Merrill J. Bateman

Bateman's academic assignments included lecturer in economics at the University of Ghana, 1963; assistant professor of economics at the United States Air Force Academy, 1964–1967; associate professor of economics at BYU, 1967–1969; professor of economics at BYU, 1969–1971; and former dean of the BYU business school, now the Marriott School of Management, 1975–1979.

Nick Welch

Welch, a 6'8" center from Fort Worth, Texas, attended the United States Air Force Academy Preparatory School for high school, then the United States Air Force Academy (AFA) for college.

Palm Center

Palm scholars have delivered briefings and lectures at the British Ministry of Defence, the United States Military Academy at West Point, the United States Naval Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, the Army War College and the National Defense University.

Pine School

Since then, TPS graduates have been accepted to the finest colleges in the nation, including Yale University, Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania, the United States Military Academy, the United States Air Force Academy, Boston College, Pomona College, Swarthmore College, Davidson College, Tufts University, Vanderbilt University, Wesleyan University, and more.

Stan Stokes

Stokes's works hang in the Air Force art collection, the United States Air Force Academy, The Pentagon, the San Diego Air & Space Museum, the Palm Springs Air Museum, the National Museum of Naval Aviation, and the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum.

Timothy A. Kinnan

Kinnan’s military education includes the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado Springs, Colorado (Class of 1970); Distinguished Graduate Air Force Squadron Officers School in 1974, Air Command and Staff College in 1976, Armed Forces Staff College in 1981, Distinguished Graduate National War College in 1990, Joint Force Air Component Commander Course in 1995 and Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course in 1997.

Troy Calhoun

After graduating from the United States Air Force Academy in 1989, Calhoun served on the Air Force coaching staff under Fisher DeBerry as a graduate assistant during the 1989–90 seasons.

He is currently the head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy, a position he has held since the 2007 season when he replaced Fisher DeBerry.

Walter Netsch

He may be best known as the lead designer for the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and its famous Cadet Chapel.