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4/6/12 USAFA Parachute Team Breaks Record

April 14, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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The Air Force Academy parachuting team does it again. Check out the story and more photos on the USAFA site. USAFA Parachute team forming up. Photo by U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Joseph Valente

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Wings of Blue- Academy Parachute Team

January 13, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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The United States Air Force Academy collegiate parachute team won the 2011 National Collegiate Parachuting Championships. Check out the video of the team in practice. There is also a video of the team dropping into the 2012 ORANGE BOWL to

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USAFA Cadet Soaring Team Captures Robert B. Evans Trophy

January 13, 2012 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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For those interested in soaring, check out this video from the Air Force Academy. My son flew on the cross-country soaring team, it’s possible for these cadets to stay aloft five hours or more. Check out where they often do

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F-111 Aardvark

September 18, 2011 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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Here’s the photo of an Aardvark I promised to post for a commenter on a blog. The two “retired” colonels in the photo have flown the F-111 or FB-111. The one on the right as a test pilot testing terrain

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September 11- Major Heather Penney

September 10, 2011 Sandy Parks Leave a comment
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Flying friend, BIll Weiler, forwarded the link to a C-Span interview with Major Heather Penney, a DC National Guard fighter pilot who responded to the events on 9-11. It is very well done and offers a minute by minute brief

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Deployment Drop

September 3, 2011 Katy Boshears Leave a comment
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2nd Lt. Katy Moffett wrote:  This was at Pope Air Force Base/Fort Bragg while I was on Operations Air Force through the Air Force Academy in Summer 2008. We were on site with a bunch of Air Battle Managers during

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