When a “doolie,” a first-year man at the U.S. Air Force Academy, is braced by an upperclassman, he sucks in his gut, throws out his chest and brays: “Sir, a doolie is that insignificant whose rank is ...

An ornate complex of glass and aluminum buildings stood all but deserted in the pine-covered heights of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, like a giant motel that was somehow mistakenly plopped down in a ...

It took just a quarter mile for the three stars to fall right off Lt. Gen. Mike Gould’s uniform. He’s the top officer at the Air Force Academy, but on Wednesday he played the role of the lowest form ...

"Eyes on me," howled junior cadet Austin J. Cooner, his bus leaving for basic training. Cooner is one of the toughest of the cadre, other seniors say, but freshmen cadets won't forget that first ...

Jasper came home for Thanksgiving! We did get to see him on his own turf over Labor Day weekend when we all piled into the Arnebus for the long drive to Colorado Springs, Colo., but this was the first ...