The new mascot for the Air Force Academy Falcons has arrived. The school announced via Facebook Tuesday that the newest addition to the Falcon family, a healthy female gyrfalcon, has arrived.

Aurora, a falcon that served the Air Force Academy as mascot for 23 years, has died, the school announced Wednesday in a statement posted on Facebook and Twitter. The bird was a fixture at Air ...

The first live mascot Mach 1, a peregrine falcon, was presented to the Academy in October 1955. Each falcon is named by its cadet falconer.

"We are deeply saddened to announce that Aurora died earlier today. Aurora was the Academy's longest serving live mascot," officials stated. "Aurora, a White Phase Gyrfalcon and the Academy's ...

The Air Force Academy's falcon mascot, Aurora, died Wednesday, the school announced. The bird, which made national news last year when she was abducted in a prank, was 23 years old. Aurora was a ...

An Air Force Academy falcon mascot is recovering in Colorado Springs and U.S. Military Academy cadets are under investigation after a prank before the military school’s traditional football game ...