Tag: Air Force
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Injuries, graduation, transfers have Air Force football leaning on young defense
Air Force’s personnel situation on defense can partly be attributed to the normal patterns of college football but also reflects the program’s precarious position within this new era. The Falcons lined up on Saturday night with three sophomores and a freshmen in the defensive lineup. That extreme youth was by no means the full story…
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Air Force, Boise State to close eventful football series at Falcon Stadium
Before closing another page in its history, Air Force would be well-served to coax history into repeating itself. With four wins against Boise State as Mountain West opponents, the Falcons have been among the most successful teams in the conference against the Broncos. Counting conference championship games, only Fresno State (5-8) and San Diego State…
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Air Force’s Leggett earns water polo player of the week award | Colorado Sunshine
Air Force junior Tom Leggett was named West Coast Conference men’s water polo player of the week Tuesday, the second-straight week he’s won the award and the fifth time in his college career. The Santa Barbara, Calif., native had 34 points (22 goals, 12 assists) in helping the Falcons to a 5-0 record at the…
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Tiny homes with a big purpose: Inside a new homeless veteran’s community in Longmont
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Michael Tatmon leaned forward in his chair, a determined look in his eyes. He spoke emphatically. “This place is, for the first time, giving me an opportunity to look back on my life,” Tatmon said. “Everything is silent now, and I’m hearing a voice that I’ve…
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Jordan Jackson brings Air Force perspective to Broncos training camp
ENGLEWOOD — The dog days of Broncos training camp are nothing compared to the Air Force training of defensive lineman Jordan Jackson. “There are definitely harder things out there in life than football,” Jackson told The Denver Gazette. Like Air Force survival training. In the summer of 2018, before his sophomore football season, Jackson said…
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Air Force will not celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Juneteenth
The Air Force will not use official resources to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day or Juneteenth, in addition to other cultural awareness holidays and months. An Air Force memo sent out Friday listed holidays that were not included in an official Department of Defense news release sent out on the same day. The DOD…
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USAFA installation changes to impact Air Academy athletics
Air Academy athletes will face life on the road after USAFA’s recent changes in access to the installation. Kadet athletes will host no home competitions “for at least the next two weeks,” per athletic director Kali Maxwell, following the Jan. 4 change in procedure to access the base. As previously reported by The Colorado Springs…
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Air Force reveals latest Air Power Legacy Series special uniforms, this time honoring special ops
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The ongoing efforts of Air Force football to spotlight and honor its military roots now turn to special operations. On Tuesday, the Falcons unveiled a special uniform that will honor Air Force Special Operations Command. This is part of the Air Power Legacy Series that…
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Motherhood wasn’t part of the mission for first Black female fighter pilot, until it was
Rochelle Kimbrell knew by fourth grade what she wanted to do with her life, and spent the next 15 years on a trail-blazing trajectory of singular purpose. For the first Black female fighter pilot in the history of the U.S. Air Force, becoming a mother was an entirely different kind of mission, an unknowable challenge…
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National parks are fantasy worlds in the maps of a Colorado artist
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Not long ago in his parents’ Colorado Springs home, a young man came by his boyhood pen. This was the Lamy Safari Fountain pen Alex Burden had used some 20 years ago during elementary school in Germany. “The last time I used one was in…