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  • Academy participates in community town hall

    U.S. Air Force Academy and 306th Flying Training Group leadership attended a town hall meeting hosted by the Colorado Springs Regional Business Alliance to discuss flight training and a joint land use study June 4 at the Classical Academy's east campus.Attendees were given information on the history

  • JBSA-Randolph honors POWs during 42nd Freedom Flyer Reunion

    Members of the 560th Flying Training Squadron hosted the 42nd Freedom Flyer Reunion and 18th Annual POW/MIA Symposium Friday at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph to honor all POWs held captive during the Vietnam War.The annual event included tours, a wreath-laying ceremony, a missing man formation

  • T-X, future T-38 jet replacement, requirements released

    Today the Air Force released its requirements for the T-X trainer aircraft family of systems that will replace the T-38 Talon.The release is the first under the service’s new Bending the Cost Curve initiative and follows Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James’ emphasis on increased dialogue

  • Wings of Blue places in Collegiate National Championships

    U.S. Air Force Academy Wings of Blue Parachute teams were busy training, competing and taking part in a variety of parachute demonstrations across the country during the holiday season."In just 17 days, we completed more than 1,600 jumps, dominated the advanced divisions of the U.S. Parachuting

  • Ceremony formalizes T-38 maintenance team's squadron status

    An organization of more than 300 civilians responsible for the upkeep of the Air Force's aging T-38 fleet formally became a squadron during an activation ceremony Dec. 11 in Hangar 76 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.Brig. Gen. Carl Buhler, Ogden Air Logistics Complex commander, presided over the

  • Cadet Wing commander Jake Sortor stays true to Academy values

    If anyone asks, "Who's responsible for the daily operations of the U.S. Air Force Academy's Cadet Wing?" and you answer, "Brig. Gen. Stephen Williams, the commandant of cadets," you'd only be half right.While it's true Williams is ultimately responsible for the more-than 4,000 cadets, so is Cadet

  • Vietnam War Pilots mentor Randolph Pilots

    Decorated Vietnam War pilots shared history and knowledge with JBSA-Randolph fighter pilots during an Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals Course graduation Sept. 5, 2014.Then Capt. Dee Simmonds and Lt. George McKinney, both retired lieutenant colonels, were members of the 435th Tactical Fighter

  • Summer flying programs achieving success despite thunderstorms, setbacks

    Since early June, summer Airmanship training here has been in full swing, allowing 935 cadets to get experience in soaring, powered flight and parachute operations.Under the 306th Flying Training Group, the course completion rate for the Academy's soaring program is near 100 percent, and its number

  • New flying course exposes cadets to aircraft, airfield operations

    Cadets are now getting hands-on flying experience, soaring 2,500 feet above ground level shortly after they arrive here.This semester, Airmanship 250, Introduction to Soaring, replaced Airmanship 251, Basic Soaring, to provide fourth class cadets their first exposure to Air Force aviation. During