Air Force Academy Foundation

𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠! 👤 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫 The Association & Foundation, in support of the United States Air Force Academy, seeks a positive, energetic and detail-oriented professional to serve as the Career Services Manager. This position will reside within the Alumni Relations Division. This position will serve as the organization’s career services and transition expert and support graduates during career transition. ✍️ Apply today: https://bit.ly/4i3pasL 👤𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫: The Association & Foundation, in support of the United States Air Force Academy, seek a positive, energetic and detail-oriented professional to serve as the Membership Engagement Manager. This position will reside within the Alumni Relations Division. This position will serve as the organization’s membership expert, and manage graduate, family, associate, affiliate, honorary, and surviving spouse membership programs and benefits. ✍️ Apply today: https://bit.ly/43xpb4u

Jason Kim '99, CEO of Firefly Aerospace, and other experts will testify before the House Space & Aeronautics Subcommittee Hearing tomorrow/Tuesday about leveraging commercial innovation for lunar exploration. The hearing starts at 10am Eastern Time and will be live-streamed via the link.

𝐒𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄: 𝟏𝐃𝐀𝐘𝟏𝐔𝐒𝐀𝐅𝐀 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 Join thousands of United States Air Force Academy graduates, families, friends and community members on May 7 for our fourth annual day of giving, #1Day1USAFA! 📅 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: May 7, 2025 ✅ 𝐖𝐡𝐲: To support USAFA, its cadets and its graduates for years to come 👥 𝐖𝐡𝐨: Graduates, family, friends and community members 🔗 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞: Get counted early at https://bit.ly/4hLpfkx This is 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐘 you won’t want to miss, where each gift makes a 𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐓 and helps develop leaders of character for the United States Air Force, United States Space Force and nation.

𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 — 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 We listened to your feedback and made a change! Now, you have two ways to send encouragement to cadets: ✅ Make a gift of 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 and write 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐱 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐬 to cadets in the squadron(s) of your choice: https://bit.ly/41FqVpQ ✅ Send a note without donating at this time: https://bit.ly/4ikBlCi Let’s make sure no cadet is left without encouragement! 👥 𝐖𝐡𝐨: Graduates who want to support cadets — the future of the Long Blue Line. ✉️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭: Send uplifting and positive notes to cadets as they complete the spring semester. 🗓 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: This opportunity will be available until Wednesday, March 26. Notes will then be delivered to cadets on Founders Day, April 1, 2025. 👍 𝐖𝐡𝐲: To encourage cadets and remind them that the graduate community supports them. 🎁 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬: Donations count toward class and donor challenges on 1Day1USAFA, our annual day of giving.

𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 Join fellow graduates in showing up for the future of the Long Blue Line. Donate to the Air Force Academy Fund today and, with each gift, you can share messages of encouragement with current cadets. 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲: https://bit.ly/4iy9zC8 👥 𝐖𝐡𝐨: Graduates who want to support cadets — the future of the Long Blue Line. ✉️ 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭: With each donation to the Air Force Academy Fund, you may write up to six uplifting and positive notes to the squadron(s) of your choice. 🗓 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧: This opportunity will be available until Wednesday, March 26. Notes will then be delivered to cadets on Founders Day, April 1, 2025. 👍 𝐖𝐡𝐲: To encourage cadets during spring semester traditions and milestones. 🎁 𝐁𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐬: Your donation will also count toward class and donor challenges on 1Day1USAFA, our annual day of giving.

Congratulations, Amy Davis (left), on your recent Lightning Impact recognition and your focus on trust and honesty, excellence and teamwork. Amy, creative design specialist, was described as reliable, professional and talented. She always ensures final products for print and digital distribution are excellent. She is spearheading the design for the new annual Here's a Toast publication honoring deceased graduates from the previous year in addition to her other projects such as Checkpoints magazine and the Air Force Academy Fund calendar.

Congratulations, Christine Noack (left), on your recent Lightning Impact recognition and your focus on trust and honesty, excellence and teamwork. Christine, assistant development director, completed a breakout year in 2024, including raising $4 million in gifts in the final push of the Defining Our Future campaign. She also fostered a great working relationship with leaders at Hotel Polaris as she took on the new responsibility of fundraising lead for the hotel. Nominators described Christine as dedicated to her craft while looking for opportunities to grow and improve.

In this edition of Heritage Minute Special, host Lt. Col. (Ret.) Steve Simon ’77 is holding a reunion of sorts. His guest is a hire of his from a few years back. Meredith Harlow is the United States Air Force Academy’s curator of artifacts. Listen in as the two discuss Harlow’s background and the work she does preserving the things that make USAFA’s history and heritage unique. 🎧 𝙇𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙉𝙤𝙬! https://bit.ly/4jPaAa3 🎙️ 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩! https://bit.ly/3wIqYFr

United States Air Force Academy landmarks, cadets and faculty weren't able to escape the early morning frost and chilly temperatures on Feb. 18. https://bit.ly/3X8xgZf 📸 Photos by Ryan Hall

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