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#๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—™๐—”๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿณ-๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ. ๐ŸŽ“ From In-processing Day to walking across the graduation stage, the ...
05/29/2026

#๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—™๐—”๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿณ-๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ. ๐ŸŽ“

From In-processing Day to walking across the graduation stage, the Class of 2026 has grown as warfighters, critical thinkers and leaders.

They met every challenge with resilience, discipline and determination. They held each other accountable and earned their place in the .

Congratulations to the newest Second Lieutenants in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.

See more graduation photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/af_academy/albums/7217772

Read about commencement:
https://www.usafa.edu/graduation-2026

05/28/2026

After 47-months of military training, academics and athletics, Day One for has arrived.

Our newly commissioned Second Lieutenants are prepared to lead and serve in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.

Congratulations, Class of 2026.

05/28/2026

Class of 2026... dismissed!

๐Ÿซก Congratulations to the newest officers in the United States Air Force United States Space Force

๐ŸŽ“ #๐”๐’๐€๐…๐€๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ Graduation attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Installation and Falcon Stadium g...
05/28/2026

๐ŸŽ“ #๐”๐’๐€๐…๐€๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ” ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฒ

Graduation attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Installation and Falcon Stadium gates open at 5 a.m.

Rain is expected. Attendees are encouraged to bring ponchos or rain jackets, as umbrellas are not permitted inside Falcon Stadium.

๐Ÿ“บ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž: https://youtube.com/live/jnEs3cGQwOU

05/27/2026

๐ŸŽ“ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ญ ๐œ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  #๐”๐’๐€๐…๐€๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ”.

This long-standing tradition marks the transfer of leadership within the Cadet Wing as the Class of 2026 prepares to commission and rising Firsties carry forward the legacy of service and the .



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05/26/2026

๐Ÿ’ cadets received their class rings during ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, marking their connection to the Academy and the graduates who came before them.

Tradition highlights:
๐Ÿ’Ž ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿต.
โ™พ๏ธ ๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
โšช๏ธ #๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—”๐—™๐—” ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ.

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ...
05/25/2026

๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ
โœˆ๏ธ Thunderbird practice from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
๐Ÿšง Road closures and restricted parking near Falcon Stadium

๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿด
๐ŸŽ“ Graduation Day traffic begins early. Graduation attendees are encouraged to arrive early. Gates and stadium open at 5 a.m.
๐Ÿšง Road closures in effect from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Update: No cycling will be permitted at the Academy on Wednesday and Thursday

Please plan ahead and allow extra travel time when visiting the Academy.

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†Today, we honor the servicemembers who gave their lives in defense of our nation.Their sacrifice will nev...
05/25/2026

๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†

Today, we honor the servicemembers who gave their lives in defense of our nation.

Their sacrifice will never be forgotten.

welcomed a new Commandant of Cadets during today's change of command ceremony. ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด. ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ, ...
05/22/2026

welcomed a new Commandant of Cadets during today's change of command ceremony.

๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด. ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป. ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€, ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ, ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น. ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜‡, ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

During Marksโ€™ tenure, the Cadet Wing expanded adversary-focused military training, expeditionary skills development and tactical scenarios designed to prepare cadets to lead on day one.

Tellez brings extensive operational and leadership experience to the role, including command of the 1st Fighter Wing and more than 2,500 flying hours in the T-38, F-15 and F-22.

Thank you to Brig. Gen. Marks for your leadership and service to the Academy, the United States Air Force and the nation.

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2304 Cadet Drive, Ste 3100
Colorado Springs, CO
80840

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Tuesday 5:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 5:30am - 5pm
Thursday 5:30am - 5pm
Friday 5:30am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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