The Air Force Falcons are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy, located in El Paso County, Colorado north of Colorado Springs. The athletic department has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA-sanctioned teams. The current athletic director is Nathan Pine. The majority of Falcon teams compete as members of the Mountain West Conference.
A Falcons baseball player takes a swing during a 2004 game
A member of the Falcons rifle team aims down range at Air Force's rifle range in 2023
Falcons women's soccer players in 2019
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force. It is the youngest of the five service academies, having graduated its first class 65 years ago in 1959, but is the third in seniority. Graduates of the academy's four-year program receive a Bachelor of Science degree and are commissioned as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force or U.S. Space Force. The academy is also one of the largest tourist attractions in Colorado, attracting approximately a million visitors each year.
Cadets from the first USAFA class lined up for physical training at Lowry AFB in 1955
The academy's class of 2020 was the first to graduate new officers into the United States Space Force.
Interior of Cadet Chapel
The Class Wall is located just below the Cadet Chapel.
