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This newest mascot is a successor to the Academy's oldest falcon that passed away in October 2019. The Academy announced that 23-year-old Aurora, a White Phase Gyrfalcon, passed away. She was ...
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.
The U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado announced Wednesday that its official and oldest mascot, 23-year-old Aurora the falcon, has died. "We are deeply saddened to announce that Aurora ...
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 ...
(CNN) – 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 ...
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 ...
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4) - The Air Force Academy has a new live mascot. Like the previous mascot, it's a gyrfalcon -- the largest falcon in the world. Our new falcon mascot — an as of yet ...
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KRDO) -- This weekend, the U.S. Air Force Academy's newest falcon mascot will take flight for the first time. According to the USAFA, Nova, a female gyrfalcon ...
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 ...