The U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 2024 graduates toss their hats skyward as the “Thunderbirds” roar overhead at the Academy’s Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 30, 2024.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — The blue-and-white sign leading into Falcon Stadium certainly grabs an opposing team’s attention: “Warning: Lack of oxygen.” Set at 6,621 feet above sea ...

Introduced in 1978, the Fighting Falcon is a fairly versatile and upgradeable multirole fourth generation fighter jet The F-16 has become a mainstay of the U.S. Air Force and is its most popular ...

Gen. Richard M. Clark; Association of Graduates and Air Force Academy Foundation CEO Lt. Gen. (ret.) Mike Gould; and Kucera all played for the Falcons. "As a former Falcon football player ...

The most widely produced fighter currently in use with the U.S. military is the F-16 Fighting Falcon. With nearly ... long been a workhorse of the U.S. Air Force, and a common export world-wide.

An Air Force Falcons player uses football skills to man turret. (Air Force Academy) A sticker on the back of the helmet honors the AFSOC logo with a lightning bolt, green feet, and a dagger.

What You Need to Know: The F-16I Sufa is a uniquely modified variant of the F-16 Fighting Falcon, tailored to meet the Israel Air Force’s needs.Delivered starting in 2004, the Sufa features ...

Submitted photo FALCONER — Falconer Central School senior Aidan McCleery will be trading one falcon mascot for another as he sets off on his journey to the Air Force academy after graduating from ...