Browsing: USAFA

This officer may not have been arrested, but he suffered a) a blow to his ego and b) 25 broken bones. 2nd Lt.  Stephen Hunter recently recalled for Air Education and Training Command’s Torch Magazine a misfit move he pulled back in May 2012 when he was an incoming senior at the Air Force Academy in Colorado. Hunter woke up to paramedics trying to treat his mangled body. The cadet, who had been drinking rum and Cokes since noon, thought it’d be a good idea to climb nearly 40 feet up a 110-foot cottonwood tree at 2 a.m. Until he fell.…

Taking our “Here’s Why” from the paper to the blog. An explanation for why something is the way it is in the Air Force/military. If you’ve ever been a cadet at the Air Force Academy, or just an attendee at an Academy football game, you’ve probably heard the Falcon Fight song: Fly ye Falcons down the field; Tear the enemy asunder! Bare your talons, make them yield; Give them all your thunder! Spread your strong wings high and wide; Fight for victory! Never say die, keep flying high For your Air Force Academy! This all had to do with retired…

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