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Lt. Gen. Tony D. Bauernfeind, USAF, Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy, United States Air Force testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services - Subcommittee on Personnel oversight hearing to examine the status of the Military Service Academies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

The U.S. Air Force Academy is on the brink of failure. Here’s how to save it. (抖阴ap)

November 18, 2025 at 8:49 a.m.

Multiple parents whom I know personally, themselves Air Force Academy grads or instructors, are now recommending to their own children and extended family to go to school elsewhere. The zeitgeist...

President Donald Trump with cadets during the U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation on May 30, 2019 in Colorado Springs. This op-ed questions the extent our nation can afford the overtly political notions advocated by Trump鈥檚 Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to reshape the education of our next generation of military thought leaders. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post).

Excellence of Air Force Academy鈥檚 educational programs at risk if civilian faculty cuts continue (抖阴ap)

May 1, 2025 at 9:29 a.m.

More than 90 cosigners of this column are alarmed by recent developments that indicate a troubling shift in the direction of the U.S. Air Force Academy.