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USAFA Supt.

USAFA Supt.

Lieutenant General Tony D. Bauernfeind

USAFA Commandant

Brigadier General Gavin P. Marks

USAFA Dean

Brigadier General Linell A. Letendre

USAFA Director of Athletics

Mr. Nathan A. Pine

Identify this aircraft’s name, MDS, manufacturer, function, service date, speed, crew, and inventory.

Name: C-21A

MDS: C-21A
Manufacturer: Learjet

Function: Passenger Airlift

Service Date: 1984

Speed: 460 KIAS

Crew: 2

Inventory: 19

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Name: C-32

MDS: C-32

Manufacturer: Boeing

Function: High-Priority Personnel Transport

Service Date: 1998

Speed: 460 KIAS

Crew: 16

Inventory: 4

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Name: C-37A Gulfstream V

MDS: C-37A

Manufacturer: Gulfstream Aerospace

Function: Special Air Missions

Service Date: 1998

Speed: 521 KIAS

Crew: 5

Inventory: 12

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Name: C-40B/C Clipper

MDS: C-40B/C

Manufacturer: Boeing

Function: High-Priority Personnel Transport

Service Date: 2003

Speed: 460 KIAS

Crew: 10

Inventory: 11

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Name: C-130 Hercules

MDS: C-130

Manufacturer: Lockheed

Function: Various

Service Date: 1956

Speed: 318 KIAS

Crew: 5

Inventory: 428

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Name: KC-10A Extender

MDS: KC-10A

Manufacturer: McDonnell Douglas

Function: Aerial Tanker/Transport

Service Date: 1981

Speed: 538 KIAS

Crew: 4

Inventory: 59

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Name: KC-46A Pegasus

MDS: KC-46A

Manufacturer: Boeing

Function: Aerial Refueling/Airlift

MODIFIED Function: Aeromedical Evacuation

Service Date: 2019

Speed: 560 KIAS

Crew: up to 15

Inventory: 62

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Name: KC-135R/T Stratotanker

MDS: KC-135R/T

Manufacturer: Boeing

Function: Aerial Refueling/Airlift

MODIFIED Function: Special Mission, Reconnaissance

Service Date: 1957

Speed: 460 KIAS

Crew: 3

Inventory: 396

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Name: VC-25 Air Force One

MDS: VC-25

Manufacturer: Boeing

Function: Presidential Air Transport

Service Date: 1990

Speed: 547 KIAS

Crew: 26

Inventory: 2

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Name: E-3B/C/G Sentry (AWACS)

MDS: E-3B/C/G

Manufacturer: Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin

Function: Airborne Battle Management, Command and Control

Service Date: 1975

Speed: 313 KIAS

Crew: 17-23

Inventory: 31

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Cadet 4th Class

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Cadet 3rd Class Unranked

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Cadet 3rd Class Staff Sergeant

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Cadet 2nd Class Unranked

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Cadet 2nd Class Technical Sergeant

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Cadet 2nd Class Master Sergeant

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Cadet 2nd Class Squadron 1st Sergeant

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Cadet 2nd Class Senior Master Sergeant

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Cadet 2nd Class Squadron Superintendent

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Cadet 2nd Class Chief Master Sergeant (Group Superintendent)

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Cadet 2nd Class Chief Master Sergeant (Wing Command Chief)

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Cadet 1st Class Unranked

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Cadet 1st Class 2nd Lieutenant

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Cadet 1st Class 1st Lieutenant

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Cadet 1st Class Captain

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Cadet 1st Class Captain Flight Commander

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Cadet 1st Class Major

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Cadet 1st Class Lieutenant Colonel

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Cadet 1st Class Lieutenant Colonel Squadron Commander

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Cadet 1st Class Colonel

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Cadet 1st Class Colonel Group Commander

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Cadet 1st Class Colonel Vice Wing Commander

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Cadet 1st Class Colonel Wing Commander

Cadet Rank Terminology

Order:

Ground, Cloud, Horizon

4th Class: Cloud

3rd Class: Ground, Cloud, Chevron

2nd Class: Ground, Cloud, Horizon, Chevron

1st Class: Ground, Cloud, Horizon, Bars

(Know Thickness and Thinness)

Academy Tour - Footprints

• Cadets came to USAFA in 1958

• 2-Foot-Tall Metal Letters

• Samuel Walter Foss’s poem “The Coming American”

• Originally dropped off at Core Values Ramp

• Mall of Heroes: 1st Lt. Karl Richter, Capt. Valmore Borque, Capt. Lance Sijan

Core Values Ramp

• Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Ronald R. Fogelman, Class of 1963, made core values Air Force wide in 1995

• Integrity First, Service Before Self, and Excellence in All We Do

Class/Building Colors

Red: The Sun

Blue: The Sky

Yellow: The Grasses on the Plains

Silver: To Mirror Aircraft Technology

Vandenberg Hall

• Contains 1,320 cadet rooms

• Houses C-Store, staff offices, and various club rooms

• Named after Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg (2nd USAF Chief of Staff)

• Vandenberg served from 1948-1953

Sijan Hall

• Dedicated on May 31st, 1976

• Contains 913 cadet rooms

• Contains uniform and supply facilities

• Named for Capt. Lance P. Sijan, Class of 1965

• Sijan was 1st USAFA grad to receive Medal of Honor for serving as a POW in North Vietnam

Fairchild Hall

• Named after first commander of Air University, Gen. Muir S. Fairchild

• Fairchild later became USAF Vice Chief of Staff

• Houses Commandant and Chief of Staff

Gregory Hall

• Added to Fairchild Hall in 1996

• Named after Honorable Fredrick Gregory, Class of 1964, NASA Astronaut/Deputy Administrator

• Houses additional laboratories, classrooms, and the dental/medical clinic

McDermott Library

• Named after Col. Robert F. McDermott, first Permanent Professor of USAFA in 1957

• McDermott became Dean in 1959 and stayed until 1968

• McDermott is known as “Father of Modern Military Education”

Clark Special Collection

• Housed in McDermott Library

• Named after Gen. A.P Clark, 6th Superintendent

• Clark prepped for “Great Escape” from Stalag 3, which now has a collection within the library

Gimbel Aeronautical Library

• Housed in McDermott

• Items inside are >5,000 rare aeronautical books from 15th century, letters and manuscripts, commemorative medals, periodical literature, and >3,000 prints

Aeronautics Research Center

• Replaced Frank J. Seiler Research Lab in 1995

• USAFA’s Modeling and Simulation Research Center worked with Department of Aeronautics to build computational capabilities

• Cadets call it the Aero Lab

• Outside sits a Martin Marietta SV5-J Lifting Body (Built in 1966)

Mitchell Hall

• Named after Brig. Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell, a stark advocate for airpower during WW1, sacrificing his career for it

• Houses 4,400 cadets simultaneously

• USAFA’s Dining Facility

Cadet Chapel

• 17 Spires

• Begun construction in 1959

• Dedicated in Sept. 1963

• Seats 1,200 for Protestant, 600 for Catholic, 100 for Jewish, 20 for Buddhist

• 10 Roll of Honor Plaques honoring 850 fallen graduates around base of Chapel

Arnold Hall

• Named after Gen. Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, First General of the Air Force and Commanding General of the Army Air Forces during WW2

• Built to serve as a student union

• Houses offices, shops for elements of the Cadet Activities Flight, theatre, banquet hall, and Hap’s Place

Harmon Hall

• Admin Center

• Houses Superintendent and staff

• Named in Memory of Lt. Gen. Hubert R. Harmon, 1st USAFA Superintendent from 1954-1956

• Harmon worked from 1949-1954 planning and lobbying with Congress to get USAFA approved

Visitor Center

• Built with donated funds of $4.5 million from private organizations, named in honor of retired Arizona senator Barry Goldwater

• Opened its doors in June 1986

• 31,600 sq ft. building, contains exhibits, snack bar, and a gift shop

• 1/3-mile paved nature trail allows visitors to walk to Chapel

Planetarium

• First USAFA Grads received navigator rating

• Site of several spirit missions (Eagle 8 made it an 8-ball in Jan. 1961)

• In operation from 1959-2004

• Renovations completed in 2018, now known as Planetarium and STEM Center

• Enhances K-20 STEM Outreach

Cadet Gymnasium

• Contains several gyms, two swimming pools w/ a diving section, squash, racquetball, and handball courts

• Renovations include Fitness Center and Indoor Rock Climbing

• Outside is 150 acres of sport fields

• 1 synthetic turf, 2 under lights football fields

• 22 soccer fields

• 2 rugby fields

• 30 tennis courts

• 6 basketball courts

• 6 handball courts

• 400m track

• IC baseball synthetic field

• Regulation soccer stadium

• Also, home to Human Performance Lab

Cadet Field House

• 3 areas

• Field House w/ multi-purpose facility

• Ice Rink that seats 2,600

• Clune Arena basketball court (Seats 6,000)

• Clune Arena is named after Col. John J. Clune, Director of Athletics from 1975-1991 (brought about IC program for USAFA)

FAC/HAC

(Falcon Athletic Center/Holaday Athletic Center)

• Completed in July 2011

• FAC includes athletics department offices, team meeting places, advanced sports med facility, and IC weightroom

• HAC was made possible by $5 million gift from Bart and Lynn Holaday (Class of 1965) and estate of Col. Joseph and Dorothy Moller

• HAC is 92,000 sq ft. (Houses indoor sporting facilities)

Falcon Stadium

• Seats 46,692

• Located on East side of Academy

USAF Preparatory School

• Established May 1961

• Founder and First Commander: Col. Lee Charles Black

• Mission is to “prepare, motivate and evaluate for admission to and success at the Air Force Academy”

• Students referred to as “cadet candidates” or “preppies”

• 9 preppies held Cadet Wing top leadership position

• Earned Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright Scholarship, Order of the Dadelians Scholarship, and Guggenheim Fellowship.

• Notable Grads: Brig. Gen. Dale E. Stovall, Lt. Gen. Michael C. Gould, Gen. Robin Rand

Terrazzo

• Based on number 7

• Walter Netsch, architect for Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, a Chicago based firm, designed the Academy

• Align USAFA with a faultless military academy

• 7-foot increments

Polaris Hall

• Started being planned in 2008

• Iconic symbol for character and leadership development

• Skylight Tower aligned with North Star

• Moral compass architecturally

• Opened and dedicated in 2016

Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. Airfield

• Named for commander of Tuskegee Airmen in WW2

• Southeast corner of base

• For soaring, parachuting, powered flight programs, and Aero Club

Doolittle Hall

• Named for Gen. James “Jimmy” H. Doolittle, leader of the Doolittle Raiders

• Houses Association of Grads and USAFA Endowment HQ

• Dedicated in 1992

Air Gardens

• Originally consisted of a series of fountain pools flanked by sidewalks

• Series of rectangular clipped hedges of American holly and honey locust groves

• Planted 14 feet on center, 4 trees wide

• By late 1960’s fountains became too expensive

• Fountains restored by reunion projects in the 1990’s

• 2nd renovation completed in 2021

Eagle and Fledgling Statue

• Located South End of Air Gardens

• Gift from Air Training Command in 1958

• Inscription: “Man’s Flight through life is sustained by the power of his knowledge”

• Can see from Mitchell Hall to Vandy

War Memorial

• North End of the Air Gardens near the Flagpole

• 3 7’x21’ slabs of polished black Starlite Granite

• Remembers 182 Fallen Grads

• Inscription: “In memory of our fellow graduates who have fallen in battle”

• Presented by Association of Graduates on 10 Oct 1970

• Brig Gen. Robin Olds said “This monolith of simple beauty contains the names of graduates of the Air Force Academy who have given their lives in combat. Each was a gallant man, devoted to his country, and proud of his heritage. Each died bravely, as one’s country sometimes calls upon her sons to do. Remember these names, honor them. They are a part of you, the wing. They represent your past, as you today represent our future. Reflect on their example of selfless devotion to duty, and gain courage so that when you face your test, you may add honor and glory to the annals of the wing-and of the Air Force-and of our country.”

Brig. General Robinson Risner Statue

• Brig. Gen. Risner was a fighter pilot, POW, and 2-time recipient of AF Cross

• Gen Mark A. Welsh III said “Brig gen James Robinson ‘Robbie’ Risner was part of that legendary group who served in 3 wars, built and Air Force, and gave us an enduring example of courage and mission success… Today’s Airman and Guardians know we stand on the shoulders of giants”

• Erected in 2001

• Intentionally built 9 feet tall

• While imprisoned in Hanoi, Risner was singled out for holding a church service. As he was led to torture, his fellow prisoners sung the National Anthem and God Bless America. Risner recalled that when he heard the singing, “I felt like I was 9 feet tall and could go bear hunting with a switch”

• Entered Army Air Forces in 1943 as an Aviation Cadet

McDonnell-Douglas F-4D Phantom II

• SE corner of Tzo

• Flown by Capt. Richard S. Ritchie, Class of 1964

• Credited w/ 6 MiG kills

• Last fighter to achieve ace status (5 USAF/USN crews)

• 5,195 aircraft were built

• Received in 1986

McDonnell-Douglas F-15A Eagle

• SW corner of Tzo

• Donated in spring of 1993

• 1976 model

• Flew with 48th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Langley AFB, VA

• Flew for SE Air Defense Sector

• Painted in Tyndall AFB, FL colors before retired Nov. 30, 1992

• F-104 Lockheed Starfighter originally occupied its position

• F-104 served from 1958-1969 and until 1975 in National Guard

General-Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon

• NW corner of Tzo

• Production approved in 1976

• More than 4,500 produced, more than 2,000 still in use

• Used by USAF, Air Reserve, Air National Guard, USAF Aerial Demo Team, Thunderbirds, and USN

• Built 6 YF-16A test aircraft before release

• Tzo plane is 4th YF-16A

Martin Marietta SV5-J Lifting Body

• Outside Aero Lab

• Built in 1966

• Main priority was techniques for Space Shuttle reentry

• Given to Academy in 1981

• Used entire body for lift

General Atomics MQ-1B Predator

• SW corner of dining area, Mitchell Hall

• Medium Altitude, long-endurance, remotely piloted aircraft

• Close air support, air interdiction, intelligence, surveillance, recon

Republic F-105 Thunderchief

• NE corner of the Tzo

• Two seat “Wild Weasel” version

• 395 “Thuds” were lost over Vietnam

• June 1, 1968, formation flew over Cadet Area to honor 1st Lt. Carl W. Richter, who flew 198 missions over Vietnam, and shattered windows in Vandy, Mitchell Hall, and the Gym by breaking sound barrier

• Assembled from 10 different aircraft that flew over SE Asia

• Been on display since 1968

Fairchild-Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II

• Adjacent Thunderbird Overlook

• Capt. Robert R. Swain (Class of 1979) flew the A-10A named “Chopper Popper”

• Shot down an Iraqi Bo-105C Helicopter on Feb 6, 1991

• On loan from National Museum of the Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

Northrop T-38 Talon

• Thunderbird Overlook

• Transferred in 1973, originally in NW corner of Tzo

• On Jan 18. 1982, Four Thunderbirds were training for an air show in Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ

• Climbed to execute “line-abreast loop”, yet Maj Norm Lowry crashed, followed by the rest of the crew

• When moved to current location, T-38 was painted in the Thunderbird color scheme

Boeing B-52D Stratofortress

• In between North Gate and Stadium Blvd.

• Known as “Diamond Lil”

• Served in Vietnam, over 15,000 hours and 200 combat missions

• Commissioned in 1957 and decommissioned in 1983

• Christmas Eve, 1972, crew of the B-52D (Tail number 55-083) took off from Utapao Royal Thai Naval Airfield

• Apart of Operation Linebacker 2

• Airman 1st Class Albert Moore, tail gunner, shot down a MiG, earning him one of two kills by a B-52D in Vietnam War

• Came to Academy after decommissioning

North American F-100 Super Sabre

• In Front of Prep School

• Nicknamed “Spirit of St. Louis 2”

• Brig Gen Robinson Risner reenacted Charles Lindberg’s flight across Atlantic

• Dedicated to Risner

Cessna T-41A Mescalero

• In front of 306 FTG Building

• Acquired from Lackland AFB, TX for static display in 1995

• T-41 is military version of a Cessna 172, used for pilot indoc training

• Over 17,000 trained in T-41, close to 1 million flying hours

• Painted in Air Training Command High Visibility Scheme w/ Air Force Academy crest on both sides of vertical stabilizer

Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant

• In Between North Gate and Stadium Blvd.

• Nicknamed “Jolly Green Giants” for their large green airframes

• Put their lives on the line as a rescue crew

Inspections

• 3 Types: Antemeridian Inspection (AMI), Saturday Antemeridian Inspection (SAMI), and Morale, Health, and Wellness Inspection (MWH)

• Scoring:

  96%< = Excellent (Positive Form 10)

• 80%-95% = Satisfactory

• 79%> = Unsatisfactory (Sanctions)

Sanctions

1st Unsat: Form 10 W/ Tours (Flt/Cc)

2nd Unsat: LOC with loss of passes for 1 week w/ tours (AFCW Sq/CC or above)

3rd+ Unsat: LOA/LOR w/ loss of pass privileges for 2 weeks – 2 months and tours; consider conduct/aptitude probation (Sq/CC)

AMI

• For C1C, C2C, C3C and C4C Spring Semester: AMI Period = Mon-Fri, 0930 – 1300

• Closed Door Policy: Cadets must be in good standing and may receive this reward from Sq/CCs no more than 16 duty days per semester

• AMI Scores will be recorded in FalconNet

• Appeals: Direct disputes or grading questions to the inspection team leader up to one week after the conclusion of the AMI grading timeframe.

• No Regrades allowed

Room Set-Up

Located on Pages 45-47 for AMI, 48-56

Formations

• Commandant cancels parades, not forecast

• All cadets will be present in UOD, unless otherwise specified

• No sunglasses in formation

• Cadet Top 3 decide on outer garment wear (alternate UOD must coordinate as well)

• Those authorized to be in PTU or on a Form 18 must be in Mitches before first call

NMF PAI

• Squadrons must be at their designated locations

• Before 1137, Sq/CC will be notified of a PAI

• D&C staff stand behind graded squadron during Air and Space Force Songs

• AFCW Sq/CCs perform ORI sequence (Left face, dress right dress, ready front, right face)

• Proxies will be worn

• 3 graders per squadron

• Element leader calls section to attention and to parade rest when appropriate

• After PAI, squadron and MTI’s debrief common discrepancies

• Grades input into FalconNet by TAPS same day

Gen. George S. Patton Jr’s Quote

“If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself”

General Daniel S. “Chappie” James’s Quote

“The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand and nobody cares about its color.”

General Colin L. Powell’s Quote

“The most important thing I learned is that soldiers watch what their leaders do. You can give them classes and lecture them forever, but it is your personal example they will follow.”