Tag: Air Force Academy Graduation
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EDITORIAL: Vance to AFA grads: Value AI, hallow humanness
Credit Vice President JD Vance for threading a messaging needle on Thursday at the Air Force Academy graduation that too many 2026 commencement speakers have mangled. Whether or not you agree with the vice president’s politics, the war in Iran or anything else about the Trump administration, one can appreciate how Vance last week “understood…
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Veterans protest Iran war, military use while VP Vance speaks at Air Force Academy graduation
As 931 Air Force Academy cadets walked the stage in Falcon Stadium to receive their diplomas and listened to Vice President JD Vance’s commencement speech, a group of veterans offered their own words of wisdom to graduates. A protest organized by About Face Veterans, El Paso County Progressive Vets and 50501 brought together around three…
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2026 Air Force Academy graduation: Thunderbirds air show canceled after successful flyover
The Air Force Thunderbirds flyover of Falcon Stadium took place without incident on Thursday, but the team canceled the air show that was scheduled to follow the commencement. The aerial demonstration team performed a second flyover following the hat toss, but due to low clouds, the full show was canceled. Last year, overcast skies and…
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Biden urges Air Force Academy graduates to ‘meet the moment’
Under partially cloudy skies at Falcon Stadium, President Joe Biden on Thursday highlighted various world threats from the conflict in Ukraine to increasingly damaging natural disasters that 921 Air Force Academy graduates will face as future military leaders. Biden noted the world “genuinely needs” them at this inflection point in history and despite all the…