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The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Air Force Academy post office (ZIP Codes 80840 and 80841 [for post office boxes]) serves the area. [4] At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Air Force Academy CDP was 6,680. [3]
Prior to the academy's establishment, air power advocates had been pushing for a separate Air Force Academy for decades. As early as 1918, Lieutenant Colonel A.J. Hanlon wrote, "As the Military and Naval Academies are the backbone of the Army and Navy, so must the Aeronautical Academy be the backbone of the Air Service.
Falcon Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in the western United States, on the campus of the U.S. Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado.It is the home field of the Air Force Falcons football and lacrosse teams of the Mountain West Conference, and also holds the academy's graduation ceremonies each spring.
The Air Gardens form the east quarter of the Terrazzo. Several buildings in the Cadet Area are used for academics. Fairchild Hall, named after General Muir S. Fairchild, the first commander of Air University and later Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, is the main academic building. Fairchild Hall houses academic classrooms, laboratories ...
Jacks Valley (also written as Jack's Valley) is a 3,300-acre (13 km 2) training complex on the grounds of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is used for military field training. [1] Jacks Valley is used year-round by different military units and some civilian groups.
The Cadet Field House is an indoor sports complex in the western United States, located at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado, near Colorado Springs.The multi-purpose facility was built 57 years ago in 1968, [2] and is at an approximate elevation of 7,080 feet (2,160 m) above sea level.
The United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel, completed in 1962, is the distinguishing feature of the Cadet Area at the United States Air Force Academy north of Colorado Springs. It was designed by Walter Netsch [2] of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago. Construction was accomplished by Robert E. McKee, Inc., of Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Air Force Falcons women's soccer (1995–present) Cadet Soccer Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Colorado Springs, Colorado , on the grounds of the United States Air Force Academy . It is home to the Air Force Falcons men's and women's soccer teams.