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{{Short description|American military academy in El Paso County, Colorado}}
{{Organization
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|OrganizationName=United States Air Force Academy
|OrganizationName=Air Force Academy
|OrganizationType=Government Agency/Educational Institution
|OrganizationType=Government Agency/Educational Institution
|Mission=To educate, train, and inspire men and women to become officers of character motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation.
|Mission=To educate, train, and inspire men and women to become officers of character motivated to lead the United States Air Force in service to our nation.
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Air Force
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation=Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958
|Employees=5000
|Budget=Not publicly detailed in exact figures, but part of the Department of Defense budget; estimated operational costs in the hundreds of millions annually.
|OrganizationExecutive=Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark (Superintendent)
|OrganizationExecutive=Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark (Superintendent)
|Employees=Approximately 5,000 staff and faculty (including military and civilian personnel)
|Services=* Undergraduate education leading to a Bachelor of Science degree.
|Budget=Not publicly detailed in exact figures, but part of the Department of Defense budget; estimated operational costs in the hundreds of millions annually.
|Website=[https://www.usafa.edu](https://www.usafa.edu)
|Services=
* Undergraduate education leading to a Bachelor of Science degree.
* Military training for future Air Force and Space Force officers.
* Military training for future Air Force and Space Force officers.
* Athletic programs competing in NCAA Division I.
* Athletic programs competing in NCAA Division I.
* Leadership development and character education.
* Leadership development and character education.
 
|Regulations=* Subject to military regulations, including Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Air Force, U.S. Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation=Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1958
|Regulations=
* Subject to military regulations, including Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
* Compliance with educational standards set by the Higher Learning Commission.
* Compliance with educational standards set by the Higher Learning Commission.
|HeadquartersLocation=38.9976, -104.8631
|HeadquartersLocation=38.9976, -104.8631
|HeadquartersAddress=2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 2300, USAF Academy, CO 80840
|HeadquartersAddress=2304 Cadet Drive, Suite 2300, USAF Academy, CO 80840
|Website=[https://www.usafa.edu](https://www.usafa.edu)
}}
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{{Short description|American military academy in El Paso County, Colorado}}
{{distinguish|Air University (United States Air Force)}}
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{{Infobox university
{{Infobox university
  | name                  = United States Air Force Academy
  | name                  = United States Air Force Academy
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  | motto                  = Integrity First, Service before self, Excellence in all we do
  | motto                  = Integrity First, Service before self, Excellence in all we do
  | type                  = [[United States Service academies|U.S. Service Academy]]<ref name="afhra.af.mil">{{cite web| url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433412/united-states-air-force-academy-usaf/|title =United States Air Force Academy (USAF)|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency}}</ref>
  | type                  = [[United States Service academies|U.S. Service Academy]]<ref name="afhra.af.mil">{{cite web| url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/433412/united-states-air-force-academy-usaf/|title =United States Air Force Academy (USAF)|publisher=Air Force Historical Research Agency}}</ref>
  | established            = {{start date and age|1 April 1954}}
  | established            = {{start date and age|1954|04|01}}
  | endowment              = $98.937 million (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afacademyfoundation.org/s/1885/images/gid2/editor_documents/airforceacademyfoundation19_final.pdf?gid=2&pgid=61|format=PDF|title=Air Force Academy Foundation (Formerly Known as USAFA Endowment, Inc.) Financial Statements For the Year Ended December 31, 2019 And Independent Auditors' Report|website=Afacademyfoundation.org|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>
  | endowment              = $98.937 million (2019)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afacademyfoundation.org/s/1885/images/gid2/editor_documents/airforceacademyfoundation19_final.pdf?gid=2&pgid=61|format=PDF|title=Air Force Academy Foundation (Formerly Known as USAFA Endowment, Inc.) Financial Statements For the Year Ended December 31, 2019 And Independent Auditors' Report|website=Afacademyfoundation.org|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>
  | superintendent        = [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] [[Tony D. Bauernfeind]], [[United States Air Force|USAF]]
  | superintendent        = [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lieutenant General]] [[Tony D. Bauernfeind]], [[United States Air Force|USAF]]
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  | faculty                = 570 (71% military; 29% civilian in 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/MG1200/MG1237/RAND_MG1237.sum.pdf |title=The Rand Foundation|website=Rand.org| access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>
  | faculty                = 570 (71% military; 29% civilian in 2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/monographs/MG1200/MG1237/RAND_MG1237.sum.pdf |title=The Rand Foundation|website=Rand.org| access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>
  | students              = 4,304 cadets (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/united-states-air-force-academy-1369|title=United States Air Force Academy|work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>
  | students              = 4,304 cadets (2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/united-states-air-force-academy-1369|title=United States Air Force Academy|work=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=2 March 2022}}</ref>
  | city                  = [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]]
  | city                  = [[Air Force Academy, Colorado|Air Force Academy]]
  | state                  = [[Colorado]]
  | state                  = [[Colorado]]
  | country                = U.S.
  | country                = U.S.
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  | campus                = Suburban
  | campus                = Suburban
  | campus_size            = {{Convert|18500|acre}}
  | campus_size            = {{Convert|18500|acre}}
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The '''United States Air Force Academy''' ('''USAFA''') is a [[United States service academies|United States service academy]] in [[El Paso County, Colorado|El Paso County]], [[Colorado]], immediately north of [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]. It educates [[cadet]]s for service in the [[Officer (armed forces)|officer corps]] of the [[United States Air Force]] and [[United States Space Force]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://velosteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Space-Force-Report.pdf |title=Comprehensive Plan for the Organizational Structure of the U.S. Space Force |publisher=Department of the Air Force |series=Report to Congressional Committees |date=February 2020 |access-date=5 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200205024728/https://velosteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Space-Force-Report.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the youngest of the five service academies, having graduated its first class {{Time ago|1959}} in 1959, but is the third in seniority.<ref>{{USC|10|118}} (prior section 133b renumbered in 1986); [http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/dodandmilitaryejournals/www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html2/d10058x.htm DoD Directive 1005.8 dated 31 October 77] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203031801/http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/dodandmilitaryejournals/www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html2/d10058x.htm |date=3 February 2016 }} and [http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/R600_25.pdf AR 600-25]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106070936/http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/R600_25.pdf |date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=aahfgrd>{{cite web |url=https://www.news.google.com/newspapers?id=8DNWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7066%2C942763 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington| agency=Associated Press |title=Air academy holds first graduation |date=4 June 1959 |page=3}}</ref> Graduates of the academy's four-year program receive a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree and are commissioned as [[US Second Lieutenant|second lieutenants]] in the U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force.<ref>Cadets have also been able to "cross-commission" into the [[United States Army|Army]], [[United States Navy|Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], or [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]], and each year a small number of graduates do so, usually in a one-for-one "trade" with similarly inclined cadets or midshipmen at the other service academies. Graduates who have lost their medical qualification for commissioning while at their final semester at academy (a small number each year) may receive a degree but are not commissioned. Foreign cadets will commission into their home country's armed forces.</ref> The academy is also one of the largest tourist attractions in Colorado, attracting approximately a million visitors each year.<ref name="Quick Look">{{cite web |url=http://www.usafa.edu/superintendent/pa/factsheets/quick.htm |title=A Quick Look at the U.S. Air Force Academy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723022158/http://www.usafa.edu/superintendent/pa/ |archive-date=23 July 2010 |series=USAFA Fact Sheet |publisher=United States Air Force Academy |date=May 2008}}</ref>
The '''United States Air Force Academy''' ('''USAFA''') is a [[United States service academies|United States service academy]] in [[Air Force Academy, Colorado|Air Force Academy]] [[Colorado]], immediately north of [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]]. It educates [[cadet]]s for service in the [[Officer (armed forces)|officer corps]] of the [[United States Air Force]] and [[United States Space Force]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://velosteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Space-Force-Report.pdf |title=Comprehensive Plan for the Organizational Structure of the U.S. Space Force |publisher=Department of the Air Force |series=Report to Congressional Committees |date=February 2020 |access-date=5 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200205024728/https://velosteam.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Space-Force-Report.pdf |archive-date=5 February 2020 |url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the youngest of the five service academies, having graduated its first class {{Time ago|1959}} in 1959, but is the third in seniority.<ref>{{USC|10|118}} (prior section 133b renumbered in 1986); [http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/dodandmilitaryejournals/www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html2/d10058x.htm DoD Directive 1005.8 dated 31 October 77] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203031801/http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/dodandmilitaryejournals/www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/html2/d10058x.htm |date=3 February 2016 }} and [http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/R600_25.pdf AR 600-25]{{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120106070936/http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/R600_25.pdf |date=6 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=aahfgrd>{{cite web |url=https://www.news.google.com/newspapers?id=8DNWAAAAIBAJ&pg=7066%2C942763 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington| agency=Associated Press |title=Air academy holds first graduation |date=4 June 1959 |page=3}}</ref> Graduates of the academy's four-year program receive a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree and are commissioned as [[US Second Lieutenant|second lieutenants]] in the U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force.<ref>Cadets have also been able to "cross-commission" into the [[United States Army|Army]], [[United States Navy|Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|Marine Corps]], or [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]], and each year a small number of graduates do so, usually in a one-for-one "trade" with similarly inclined cadets or midshipmen at the other service academies. Graduates who have lost their medical qualification for commissioning while at their final semester at academy (a small number each year) may receive a degree but are not commissioned. Foreign cadets will commission into their home country's armed forces.</ref> The academy is also one of the largest tourist attractions in Colorado, attracting approximately a million visitors each year.<ref name="Quick Look">{{cite web |url=http://www.usafa.edu/superintendent/pa/factsheets/quick.htm |title=A Quick Look at the U.S. Air Force Academy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723022158/http://www.usafa.edu/superintendent/pa/ |archive-date=23 July 2010 |series=USAFA Fact Sheet |publisher=United States Air Force Academy |date=May 2008}}</ref>


Admission is competitive, with nominations divided equally among [[Congressional districts of the United States|Congressional districts]]. Recent incoming classes have had about 1,200 cadets; since 2012, around 20% of each incoming class does not graduate.<ref>{{cite web |last1= Zubeck |first1=Pam |title=Air Force Academy shows improvement in wash-out rate |url=https://m.csindy.com/TheWire/archives/2018/05/22/air-force-academy-shows-improvement-in-wash-out-rate |publisher=Colorado Springs Independent |access-date=15 October 2019 |date=22 May 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015025406/https://m.csindy.com/TheWire/archives/2018/05/22/air-force-academy-shows-improvement-in-wash-out-rate |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zubeck |first1=Pam |title=Air Force Academy loses men, women cadets at different rates |url=https://m.csindy.com/coloradosprings/air-force-academy-loses-men-women-cadets-at-different-rates/Content?oid=4247542 |publisher=Colorado Springs Independent |access-date=15 October 2019 |date=28 December 2016 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015025511/https://m.csindy.com/coloradosprings/air-force-academy-loses-men-women-cadets-at-different-rates/Content?oid=4247542 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During their tenure at the academy, cadets receive tuition, room and board, and a monthly stipend all paid for by the Air Force. On the first day of a cadet's second class year, cadets commit to serving a number of years as a commissioned officer in the Air Force or Space Force. Non-graduates after that point are expected to fulfill their obligations in enlisted service or pay back full tuition. The commitment is normally five years of active duty and three years in the reserves, although it has varied depending on the graduate's [[Air Force Specialty Code]] or [https://veteran.com/space-force-specialty-codes/ Space Force Specialty Code].
Admission is competitive, with nominations divided equally among [[Congressional districts of the United States|Congressional districts]]. Recent incoming classes have had about 1,200 cadets; since 2012, around 20% of each incoming class does not graduate.<ref>{{cite web |last1= Zubeck |first1=Pam |title=Air Force Academy shows improvement in wash-out rate |url=https://m.csindy.com/TheWire/archives/2018/05/22/air-force-academy-shows-improvement-in-wash-out-rate |publisher=Colorado Springs Independent |access-date=15 October 2019 |date=22 May 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015025406/https://m.csindy.com/TheWire/archives/2018/05/22/air-force-academy-shows-improvement-in-wash-out-rate |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Zubeck |first1=Pam |title=Air Force Academy loses men, women cadets at different rates |url=https://m.csindy.com/coloradosprings/air-force-academy-loses-men-women-cadets-at-different-rates/Content?oid=4247542 |publisher=Colorado Springs Independent |access-date=15 October 2019 |date=28 December 2016 |archive-date=15 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015025511/https://m.csindy.com/coloradosprings/air-force-academy-loses-men-women-cadets-at-different-rates/Content?oid=4247542 |url-status=dead }}</ref> During their tenure at the academy, cadets receive tuition, room and board, and a monthly stipend all paid for by the Air Force. On the first day of a cadet's second class year, cadets commit to serving a number of years as a commissioned officer in the Air Force or Space Force. Non-graduates after that point are expected to fulfill their obligations in enlisted service or pay back full tuition. The commitment is normally five years of active duty and three years in the reserves, although it has varied depending on the graduate's [[Air Force Specialty Code]] or [https://veteran.com/space-force-specialty-codes/ Space Force Specialty Code].
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The main buildings in the Cadet Area are set around a large, square pavilion known as the "Terrazzo," and the most recognizable is the 17-spired [[United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel|Cadet Chapel]].<ref>Although the number of spires is only significant to the architectural proportions of the chapel, cadets and chaplains sometimes joke that the seventeen spires represent the "12 [[Twelve Apostles|Apostles]] and the 5 [[Joint Chiefs of Staff|Chiefs of Staff]]." The original reference was to the Chiefs of Staff of the four major branches of the US armed services and the [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|Chairman of the Joint Chiefs]]. With the addition of a [[Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|Vice Chairman]] in the late 1980s changing the number to six, the reference came to be thought of as the five [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force|Air Force Chiefs of Staff]] in the USAF's history up until the completion of the chapel in 1963.</ref> The subject of controversy when it was first built, it is now considered among the most prominent examples of modern American academic architecture. Other buildings on the Terrazzo include Vandenberg Hall and Sijan Hall, the two dormitories; Mitchell Hall, the cadet dining facility; and Fairchild Hall, the main academic building, which houses academic classrooms, laboratories, research facilities, faculty offices and the [[Robert F. McDermott]] Library.
The main buildings in the Cadet Area are set around a large, square pavilion known as the "Terrazzo," and the most recognizable is the 17-spired [[United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel|Cadet Chapel]].<ref>Although the number of spires is only significant to the architectural proportions of the chapel, cadets and chaplains sometimes joke that the seventeen spires represent the "12 [[Twelve Apostles|Apostles]] and the 5 [[Joint Chiefs of Staff|Chiefs of Staff]]." The original reference was to the Chiefs of Staff of the four major branches of the US armed services and the [[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|Chairman of the Joint Chiefs]]. With the addition of a [[Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff|Vice Chairman]] in the late 1980s changing the number to six, the reference came to be thought of as the five [[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force|Air Force Chiefs of Staff]] in the USAF's history up until the completion of the chapel in 1963.</ref> The subject of controversy when it was first built, it is now considered among the most prominent examples of modern American academic architecture. Other buildings on the Terrazzo include Vandenberg Hall and Sijan Hall, the two dormitories; Mitchell Hall, the cadet dining facility; and Fairchild Hall, the main academic building, which houses academic classrooms, laboratories, research facilities, faculty offices and the [[Robert F. McDermott]] Library.


The Aeronautics Research Center (also known as the "Aero Lab") contains numerous aeronautical research facilities, including transonic, subsonic, low speed, and cascade [[wind tunnel]]s; engine and rocket test cells; and simulators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usafa.af.mil/df/dfan/research_centers/aero_research_center.cfm |title=USAFA Department of Aeronautics, Aero Research Center |date=30 March 2008 |access-date=2012-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410082124/http://www.usafa.af.mil/df/dfan/research_centers/aero_research_center.cfm |archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref> The Consolidated Education and Training Facility (CETF) was built in 1997 as an annex to Fairchild Hall. It contains chemistry and biology classrooms and labs, medical and dental clinics, and civil engineering and astronautics laboratories. The Cadet Area also contains an observatory and a planetarium for academic use and navigation training.
The Aeronautics Research Center (also known as the "Aero Lab") contains numerous aeronautical research facilities, including transonic, subsonic, low speed, and cascade [[wind tunnel]]s; engine and rocket test cells; and simulators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usafa.af.mil/df/dfan/research_centers/aero_research_center.cfm |title=USAFA Department of Aeronautics, Aero Research Center |date=30 March 2008 |access-date=2012-02-20 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410082124/http://www.usafa.af.mil/df/dfan/research_centers/aero_research_center.cfm |archive-date=10 April 2009 }}</ref> Gregory Hall was built in 1997 as an annex to Fairchild Hall. It contains chemistry and biology classrooms and labs, medical and dental clinics, and civil engineering and astronautics laboratories.<ref>{{Cite web |last=zach |date=2021-09-17 |title=Academy names learning center after ’64 grad, astronaut |url=https://www.usafa.edu/academy-names-learning-center-after-64-grad-astronaut/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=United States Air Force Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> The Cadet Area also contains an observatory for astronomy research.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Astronomical Research Group and Observatory |url=https://www.usafa.edu/research/research-centers/astronomical-research-group-observatory/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=United States Air Force Academy |language=en-US}}</ref> A planetarium just outside the Cadet Area, originally built for navigation training, was closed in 2004 and reopened in 2019 for use in academics, community outreach, and cadet entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Planetarium |url=https://www.usafa.edu/facilities/planetarium/ |access-date=2025-02-20 |website=United States Air Force Academy |language=en-US}}</ref>


The cadet social center is Arnold Hall, located just outside the Cadet Area, which houses a 2700-seat theater, a ballroom, a number of lounges, and dining and recreation facilities for cadets and visitors. Harmon Hall is the primary administration building, which houses the offices of the [[List of Superintendents of the United States Air Force Academy|Superintendent]] and the Superintendent's staff.
The cadet social center is Arnold Hall, located just outside the Cadet Area, which houses a 2700-seat theater, a ballroom, a number of lounges, and dining and recreation facilities for cadets and visitors. Harmon Hall is the primary administration building, which houses the offices of the [[List of Superintendents of the United States Air Force Academy|Superintendent]] and the Superintendent's staff.
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* United States Air Force Academy
* United States Air Force Academy
[[10th Air Base Wing]] (Host Wing)
** [[10th Air Base Wing]] (Host Wing)
* 10th Medical Group
*** 10th Medical Group
10th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
**** 10th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
10th Dental Squadron
**** 10th Dental Squadron
10th Medical Operations Squadron
**** 10th Medical Operations Squadron
10th Medical Support Squadron
**** 10th Medical Support Squadron
10th Surgical Operations Squadron
**** 10th Surgical Operations Squadron
* 10th Mission Support Group
*** 10th Mission Support Group
10th Civil Engineering Squadron
**** 10th Civil Engineering Squadron
10th Communications Squadron
**** 10th Communications Squadron
10th Contracting Squadron
**** 10th Contracting Squadron
10th Force Support Squadron
**** 10th Force Support Squadron
10th Logistics Readiness Squadron
**** 10th Logistics Readiness Squadron
10th Security Forces Squadron
**** 10th Security Forces Squadron


'''[[Air Education and Training Command]]''' '''(AETC)'''
'''[[Air Education and Training Command]]''' '''(AETC)'''


* [[Nineteenth Air Force]]
* [[Nineteenth Air Force]]
[[12th Flying Training Wing]]
** [[12th Flying Training Wing]]
* 306th Flying Training Group (GSU)
*** 306th Flying Training Group (GSU)
[[94th Flying Training Squadron]] – TG-15A Duo Discus, [[Schempp-Hirth TG-15B Discus 2|TG-15B Discus 2]], [[DG Flugzeugbau TG-16A|TG-16A]]
**** [[94th Flying Training Squadron]] – TG-15A Duo Discus, [[Schempp-Hirth TG-15B Discus 2|TG-15B Discus 2]], [[DG Flugzeugbau TG-16A|TG-16A]]
[[98th Flying Training Squadron]] – [[UV-18 Twin Otter|UV-18B Twin Otter]]
**** [[98th Flying Training Squadron]] – [[UV-18 Twin Otter|UV-18B Twin Otter]]
306th Operations Support Squadron
**** 306th Operations Support Squadron
[[557th Flying Training Squadron]] – [[Cirrus SR20|T-53A]]
**** [[557th Flying Training Squadron]] – [[Cirrus SR20|T-53A]]
{{Col-break}}
{{Col-break}}


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* [[Space Delta 10]]
* [[Space Delta 10]]
* [[Space Delta 13]]
* [[Space Delta 13]]
Detachment 1
** Detachment 1
{{Col-end}}
{{Col-end}}


== Military training ==
== Military training ==
{{See also-text|[[Sandhurst Competition]] (a military skills event)}}
{{See also-text|[[Sandhurst Competition]] (a military skills event)}}
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==Academics==
==Academics==
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[[File:USAFA air gardens.jpg|thumb|right|The Eagle and Fledglings Statue at the south end of the Air Gardens is inscribed with the quote, "Man's flight through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge".]]
[[File:USAFA air gardens.jpg|thumb|right|The Eagle and Fledglings Statue at the south end of the Air Gardens is inscribed with the quote, "Man's flight through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge".]]


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The academy's intercollegiate program has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA sanctioned teams, nicknamed the ''Falcons.''<ref name="Athletic Fact Sheet" /> Men's teams compete in [[college football|football]], baseball, basketball, ice hockey, [[Cross country running|cross-country]], [[collegiate fencing|fencing]], golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, [[lacrosse]], soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]]. In 1991 the wrestling team won the WAC championship, which was the first ever by any USAFA sports team. Women's teams include basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. The academy fields a coeducational team in [[Shooting sports|rifle]]. In addition, the academy also sponsors two non-NCAA programs: [[cheerleading]] and [[boxing]]. The academy also has several club sports, such as rugby, that compete at an intercollegiate level outside of the NCAA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usafa.edu/cadet-life/clubs/ |title=Clubs • United States Air Force Academy |website=United States Air Force Academy |access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>
The academy's intercollegiate program has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA sanctioned teams, nicknamed the ''Falcons.''<ref name="Athletic Fact Sheet" /> Men's teams compete in [[college football|football]], baseball, basketball, ice hockey, [[Cross country running|cross-country]], [[collegiate fencing|fencing]], golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, [[lacrosse]], soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]]. In 1991 the wrestling team won the WAC championship, which was the first ever by any USAFA sports team. Women's teams include basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. The academy fields a coeducational team in [[Shooting sports|rifle]]. In addition, the academy also sponsors two non-NCAA programs: [[cheerleading]] and [[boxing]]. The academy also has several club sports, such as rugby, that compete at an intercollegiate level outside of the NCAA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usafa.edu/cadet-life/clubs/ |title=Clubs • United States Air Force Academy |website=United States Air Force Academy |access-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>


The men's and women's programs compete in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s Division I, with the football team competing in [[Division I FBS]]. Most teams are in the [[Mountain West Conference]]; however, the wrestling team competes in the [[Big 12 Conference]], the gymnastics teams compete in the [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]]; the men's [[Association football|soccer]] team competes in the [[Western Athletic Conference]];<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205894860 |title=WAC Adds Men's Soccer |publisher=Western Athletic Conference |date=9 January 2013 |access-date=20 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119075534/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205894860 |archive-date=19 January 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> the men's [[ice hockey|hockey]] team competes in [[Atlantic Hockey America]], the [[water polo]] team competes in the [[West Coast Conference]], the coeducational rifle team competes in the [[Patriot Rifle Conference]], and the men's lacrosse team competes in the [[Atlantic Sun Conference]]. The men's [[boxing]] team competes in the [[National Collegiate Boxing Association]]. For a number of years, only the men's teams competed in Division I. Women's teams competed in Division II and were once members of the Continental Divide Conference, then the Colorado Athletic Conference. With new NCAA legislation, beginning in 1996, women's teams started competing in Division I.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}
The men's and women's programs compete in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s Division I, with the football team competing in [[Division I FBS]]. Most teams are in the [[Mountain West Conference]]; however, the wrestling team competes in the [[Big 12 Conference]], the men's gymnastics and coeducational fencing teams compete in the [[Mountain Pacific Sports Federation]]; the men's [[Association football|soccer]] team competes in the [[Western Athletic Conference]];<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205894860 |title=WAC Adds Men's Soccer |publisher=Western Athletic Conference |date=9 January 2013 |access-date=20 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119075534/http://www.wacsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10100&ATCLID=205894860 |archive-date=19 January 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> the men's [[ice hockey|hockey]] team competes in [[Atlantic Hockey America]], the [[water polo]] team competes in the [[West Coast Conference]], the coeducational rifle team competes in the [[Patriot Rifle Conference]], and the men's lacrosse team competes in the [[Atlantic Sun Conference]]. The men's [[boxing]] team competes in the [[National Collegiate Boxing Association]]. For a number of years, only the men's teams competed in Division I. Women's teams competed in Division II and were once members of the Continental Divide Conference, then the Colorado Athletic Conference. With new NCAA legislation, beginning in 1996, women's teams started competing in Division I.{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}}


[[File:Trump presents CINC Trophy to USAFA 03.jpg|thumb|Presentation of the Commander in Chief's Trophy to the Air Force Falcons, 2 May 2017]]
[[File:Trump presents CINC Trophy to USAFA 03.jpg|thumb|Presentation of the Commander in Chief's Trophy to the Air Force Falcons, 2 May 2017]]
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}}</ref> Following the scandal and rising concerns about sexual assault throughout the U.S. military, the Department of Defense established a task force to investigate sexual harassment and assault at each of the United States service academies. The report also revealed 92 incidents of reported [[sexual assault]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/dtfs/doc_recd/High_GPO_RRC_tx.pdf |title=Report of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault and Violence at the Service Academies, June 2005 |access-date=2012-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019132701/http://www.dtic.mil/dtfs/doc_recd/High_GPO_RRC_tx.pdf |archive-date=19 October 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> At the same time, the academy implemented programs to combat sexual assault, harassment and gender bias. The new programs actively encourage prompt sexual assault reporting. The academy's decisive actions of zero tolerance were praised by officials and experts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aimpoints.hq.af.mil/display.cfm?id=7030 |title=David Kassabian, "Experts Praise AFA's Steps Against Sex Assault," ''Aimpoints,'' Oct. 7, 2005 |publisher=Aimpoints.hq.af.mil |date=7 October 2005 |access-date=2012-02-20 }} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
}}</ref> Following the scandal and rising concerns about sexual assault throughout the U.S. military, the Department of Defense established a task force to investigate sexual harassment and assault at each of the United States service academies. The report also revealed 92 incidents of reported [[sexual assault]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dtic.mil/dtfs/doc_recd/High_GPO_RRC_tx.pdf |title=Report of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault and Violence at the Service Academies, June 2005 |access-date=2012-02-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019132701/http://www.dtic.mil/dtfs/doc_recd/High_GPO_RRC_tx.pdf |archive-date=19 October 2018 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> At the same time, the academy implemented programs to combat sexual assault, harassment and gender bias. The new programs actively encourage prompt sexual assault reporting. The academy's decisive actions of zero tolerance were praised by officials and experts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://aimpoints.hq.af.mil/display.cfm?id=7030 |title=David Kassabian, "Experts Praise AFA's Steps Against Sex Assault," ''Aimpoints,'' Oct. 7, 2005 |publisher=Aimpoints.hq.af.mil |date=7 October 2005 |access-date=2012-02-20 }} {{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


Following the 2003 crisis, the Department of Defense directed its attention to the problem of sexual harassment and assault at the military academies. The Department of Defense claimed that the program was successful although during the school year 2010–11 there were increased reports of sexual assault at the academy; however, one goal of the program is increased reporting.<ref name=DOD20102011>{{cite web|title=Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies Academic Program Year 2010–2011: Report to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives |url=https://www.sapr.mil/public/docs/reports/FINAL_APY_10-11_MSA_Report.pdf |publisher=United States Department of Defense |access-date=27 December 2011|date=21 October 2011|quote=The 65 reports represent an increase from the 41 reports made in APY 09-10. The Department does not have the ability to conclusively identify the reasons for this increase in reporting behavior. However, in prior years' assessments, the Department identified steps the academies could take to encourage more victims to report. Some of the increased reporting of sexual assault may be attributed to these efforts as well as many other factors.}}</ref> There have been several attempts to prosecute cadets for rape since 2003,{{citation needed |date=April 2023}}{{when |date=April 2023}} but only three have resulted in convictions, citing the confidential informant program that ran from 2011 to 2012. The informant program was led by former AFOSI agent Brandon Enos, AFOSI's most successful agent in Air Force Academy's history in combating sexual assault and drug use among cadets. After the confidential informant program was mysteriously disbanded in 2013 on orders from General Johnson, sexual assault reporting fell by half. On 5 January 2012 rape charges were referred against cadets in three unrelated cases.<ref name=AFARape>{{cite news|title=3 AFA cadets charged with rape|url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/rape-131225-academy-story.html|access-date=5 January 2012|newspaper=The Colorado Springs Gazette|date=5 January 2012|author=Tom Roeder|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109035406/http://www.gazette.com/articles/rape-131225-academy-story.html|archive-date=9 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  To help combat these problems, the [[United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations]] (AFOSI) created a system of cadet informants to hunt for misconduct among students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gazette.com/honor-and-deception-a-secretive-air-force-program-recruits-academy-students-to-inform-on-fellow-cadets-and-disavows-them-afterward/article/1510262 |title=HONOR AND DECEPTION: A secretive Air Force program recruits academy students to inform on fellow cadets and disavows them afterward |last1=Philipps |first1=Dave |date=1 December 2013 |website=gazette.com |publisher=Colorado Springs Gazette |access-date=1 December 2013}}</ref> According to ''The New York Times'' in academic year 2014, "after the informant program ended with no further convictions, reports fell by half."<ref name=Times08102014>{{cite news |title=Informant Debate Renewed as Air Force Revisits Cadet Misconduct |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/us/informant-debate-renewed-as-air-force-revisits-cadet-misconduct.html|first=Dave |last=Phillips |date=9 August 2014 |website=The New York Times |access-date=15 August 2014}}</ref>
Following the 2003 crisis, the Department of Defense directed its attention to the problem of sexual harassment and assault at the military academies. The Department of Defense claimed that the program was successful although during the school year 2010–11 there were increased reports of sexual assault at the academy; however, one goal of the program is increased reporting.<ref name=DOD20102011>{{cite web|title=Department of Defense Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Violence at the Military Service Academies Academic Program Year 2010–2011: Report to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives |url=https://www.sapr.mil/public/docs/reports/FINAL_APY_10-11_MSA_Report.pdf |publisher=United States Department of Defense |access-date=27 December 2011|date=21 October 2011|quote=The 65 reports represent an increase from the 41 reports made in APY 09-10. The Department does not have the ability to conclusively identify the reasons for this increase in reporting behavior. However, in prior years' assessments, the Department identified steps the academies could take to encourage more victims to report. Some of the increased reporting of sexual assault may be attributed to these efforts as well as many other factors.}}</ref> There have been several attempts to prosecute cadets for rape since 2003,{{citation needed |date=April 2023}}{{when |date=April 2023}} but only three have resulted in convictions, citing the confidential informant program that ran from 2011 to 2012. The informant program was led by former AFOSI agent Brandon Enos, AFOSI's most successful agent in Air Force Academy's history in combating sexual assault and drug use among cadets. After the confidential informant program was mysteriously disbanded in 2013 on orders from General Johnson, sexual assault reporting fell by half. On 5 January 2012 rape charges were referred against cadets in three unrelated cases.<ref name=AFARape>{{cite news|title=3 AFA cadets charged with rape|url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/rape-131225-academy-story.html|access-date=5 January 2012|newspaper=The Colorado Springs Gazette|date=5 January 2012|author=Tom Roeder|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109035406/http://www.gazette.com/articles/rape-131225-academy-story.html|archive-date=9 January 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>  To help combat these problems, the [[United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations]] (AFOSI) created a system of cadet informants to hunt for misconduct among students.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gazette.com/honor-and-deception-a-secretive-air-force-program-recruits-academy-students-to-inform-on-fellow-cadets-and-disavows-them-afterward/article/1510262 |title=HONOR AND DECEPTION: A secretive Air Force program recruits academy students to inform on fellow cadets and disavows them afterward |last1=Philipps |first1=Dave |date=1 December 2013 |website=gazette.com |publisher=Colorado Springs Gazette |access-date=1 December 2013}}</ref> According to ''[[The New York Times]]'' in academic year 2014, "after the informant program ended with no further convictions, reports fell by half."<ref name=Times08102014>{{cite news |title=Informant Debate Renewed as Air Force Revisits Cadet Misconduct |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/10/us/informant-debate-renewed-as-air-force-revisits-cadet-misconduct.html|first=Dave |last=Phillips |date=9 August 2014 |website=The New York Times |access-date=15 August 2014}}</ref>


''The New York Times'' cited a letter to Congress from former AFOSI Agent, Staff Sergeant Brandon Enos, who said that Lieutenant General [[Michael C. Gould]], the superintendent from 2009 to 2013 and a former quarterback on the team, had repeatedly interfered in cases involving football players. In turn Gould said to the Times that the suggestion that he had interfered with the investigation "preposterous."<ref name=Times08102014/> Gould was found guilty by a report from the Pentagon in June 2016 of interfering with AFOSI investigations from 2011 to 2012, including blocking an investigation into the football coaches.  Gould was subsequently removed from the College Football Selection Committee.<ref name="cfpsc">{{cite web |title=College Football Playoff Selection Committee |url=https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2017/10/16/selection-committee.aspx |website=College Football Playoff |access-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512034945/https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2017/10/16/selection-committee.aspx |archive-date=12 May 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
''The New York Times'' cited a letter to Congress from former AFOSI Agent, Staff Sergeant Brandon Enos, who said that Lieutenant General [[Michael C. Gould]], the superintendent from 2009 to 2013 and a former quarterback on the team, had repeatedly interfered in cases involving football players. In turn Gould said to the Times that the suggestion that he had interfered with the investigation "preposterous."<ref name=Times08102014/> Gould was found guilty by a report from the Pentagon in June 2016 of interfering with AFOSI investigations from 2011 to 2012, including blocking an investigation into the football coaches.  Gould was subsequently removed from the College Football Selection Committee.<ref name="cfpsc">{{cite web |title=College Football Playoff Selection Committee |url=https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2017/10/16/selection-committee.aspx |website=College Football Playoff |access-date=5 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512034945/https://collegefootballplayoff.com/sports/2017/10/16/selection-committee.aspx |archive-date=12 May 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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*[[United States service academies]]
*[[United States service academies]]
** United States Air Force Academy (USAFA)
** [[United States Coast Guard Academy]] (USCGA)
** [[United States Merchant Marine Academy]] (USMMA)
** [[United States Military Academy]] (USMA; Army)
** [[United States Naval Academy]] (USNA)
*[[List of colleges and universities in Colorado]]
*[[List of colleges and universities in Colorado]]
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