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Traditional hat toss and flyover by Air Force Thunderbirds at the graduation ceremony at the United States Air Force Academy Logo of the Air Force Academy. The United States Air Force Academy is an undergraduate college in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with the mission of educating and commissioning officers for the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.
Robert Irving Miller [1] is a medical surgeon and retired United States Air Force lieutenant general who last served as the twenty-fourth Surgeon General of the United States Air Force [2] and also served as the Surgeon General of the United States Space Force. [2]
[3] [4] [5] A small number of graduates each year choose the option of cross-commissioning into the United States Air Force, United States Navy, or the United States Marine Corps. Before the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in 1955, the academy was
Rhodes Scholar; Taught at the Air Force Academy [36] 1947 Robert M. Montague Jr. Brigadier General Son of Lieutenant General Robert Miller Montague. Vietnam War strategist who later served as executive director of the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation and the Special Olympics. [37] 1948 Joseph M. Kiernan Jr. Lieutenant Colonel
The superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy and director of the Air National Guard have been three-star positions since 1983 [n] and 2002 respectively. Lt. Gen. Robert I. Miller has his new three-star flag unfurled during his promotion ceremony on 4 June 2021.
LtGen John W. Rosa (1973) Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy 2003–05, President of The Citadel 2006-18 Colonel Cesar "Rico" Rodriguez (1981) F-15 pilot with 2 aerial victories in Operation Desert Storm and 1 in Bosnia; leading MIG killer of all U.S. aviators since Vietnam [ 5 ]
U.S. Air Force Academy: Command Chief Master Sergeant, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Command Chief Master Sergeant John C. Alsvig [158] U.S. Air Force: Air Force major commands (and subordinated commands) Air Combat Command: Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Combat Command (ACC) Command Chief Master Sergeant David R. Wolfe [159] U.S ...
Prior to the academy's establishment, air power advocates had been pushing for a separate Air Force Academy for decades. As early as 1918, Lieutenant Colonel A.J. Hanlon wrote, "As the Military and Naval Academies are the backbone of the Army and Navy, so must the Aeronautical Academy be the backbone of the Air Service.