Well, here’s one response to the Navy’s iPhone parody. Two falcon mascots (The Birds?) are featured in this 2014 Air Force v. Navy Spirit Video dubbed “Calamari – The Bird.” The mascots recreated Childish Gambino’s “Freaks and Geeks” rap with a few lyrics of their own. A preview: Alright you navy kids are asinine, we steal yo’ chicks to pass the time Mass appeal, flying time, you ride your ships, I’m sinkin’ mine Navy thinks their good, but beware Air Force is better AF swag so cold, best not leave your sweater yeah Air Force do it big, and these sailors…
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Well, here’s one response to the Navy’s iPhone parody. Two falcon mascots (The Birds?) are featured in this 2014 Air Force v. Navy Spirit Video dubbed “Calamari – The Bird.” The mascots recreated Childish Gambino’s “Freaks and Geeks” rap with a few lyrics of their own. A preview: Alright you navy kids are asinine, we steal yo’ chicks to pass the time Mass appeal, flying time, you ride your ships, I’m sinkin’ mine Navy thinks their good, but beware Air Force is better AF swag so cold, best not leave your sweater yeah Air Force do it big, and these sailors…
The newly released iPhone 6 is getting all sorts of attention these days. And the Navy is using it to their advantage. In this Siri iPhone parody video, the “Go Navy, beat Air Force” spirit is in full swing before the Midshipmen take on the Falcons this Saturday at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Watch Siri’s sassy behavior shut down the conversation.
Making more than $65K right out of college isn’t a bad deal, mainly because it means you don’t have to resort to your parents’ couch. According to a new report from PayScale, some of the top universities where grads in the civilian workforce can get the most for their bachelor’s is at a military university. And the Air Force Academy makes the top 10. If you’re an Academy grad, chances are, you’ve landed a job that pays on average $66,700 as a starting salary, the study said. But pump the brakes: after ten or more years, you probably won’t be…
On Monday morning, 1,160 basic cadets making up the US Air Force Academy’s Class of 2018 will assemble in the cadet area on-campus, and begin marching several miles to the most challenging part of their basic training: Jacks Valley. They’ll spend the next 11 days living in a tent city, running assault and obstacle courses, learning first aid, drilling with weapons, and learning leadership skills. And Air Force Times is going to be there. This weekend, photographer Mike Morones and I will fly out to Colorado Springs. We’ll be there for the march and the first few days of their…
The next generation of Air Force officers has just begun one of the toughest challenges of their lives. About 1,200 basic cadets — the Air Force Academy’s class of 2018 — arrived on June 26 for inprocessing, and the first phase of basic training. Basic training includes marching drills, inspections, weapons training, learning about the Uniform Code of Military Justice, first aid, honor and ethics lessons, and an introduction to the Air Force’s core values. Training also includes strenuous physical conditioning, such as Basic Cadet Cody Robinson’s first pushups in basic training, seen at right, under the close eye of…
YouTube user Joe Cole uploaded this video today from inside the Air Force graduation, providing an awesome glimpse at the singing of the Air Force song, the famous hat toss and the Thunderbirds flyover. If you missed it, Vice President Joe Biden spoke to the class of 2014, telling the new officers they need to adapt to the changing military.
A former Air Force Academy cadet who claims he was ordered to break cadet policy while working as a confidential informant and then expelled for doing what he was told has exposed the scope of the Office of Special Investigations’ use of informants to spy on their fellow airmen. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can read how this cadet was recruited to work for OSI and what happens to airmen after they become confidential informants. Also this week: It’s been two years since Air Force wife Kelli Abad disappeared from Kadena Air Base, Japan, but her mother refused…
A former Air Force Academy cadet who claims he was ordered to break cadet policy while working as a confidential informant and then expelled for doing what he was told has exposed the scope of the Office of Special Investigations’ use of informants to spy on their fellow airmen. In this week’s Air Force Times, you can read how this cadet was recruited to work for OSI and what happens to airmen after they become confidential informants. Also this week: It’s been two years since Air Force wife Kelli Abad disappeared from Kadena Air Base, Japan, but her mother refused…
The Air Force Academy today pushed back on some of the bad press it’s been getting lately over its employment of a man with an extensive history in the ex-gay movement. In a conference call arranged by the academy, three gay or lesbian cadets told reporters that while they have experienced some homophobia from other cadets, they don’t see it as a widespread problem. “Things are not as bad as people are making them out to be,” said William, a cadet who, like the others, did not give his last name. Carol, another cadet, said that some cadets have expressed…
