Cadet instructor pilots and students ready to launch
Cadet instructor pilots and students ready to launch their TG-15A sailplanes on a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Cadet 4th Class Austin Meyer is strapped in the cockpit
Cadet 4th Class Austin Meyer is strapped in the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force Academy TG-16A glider on the Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo. April 8, 2015. (Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan) (released)
A TG-15A sailplane is ready to launch on a training
A TG-15A sailplane is ready to launch on a training sortie pulled by a Super Piper Cub at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
An F-15E Strike Eagle soars above Grand Bay Bombing
An F-15E Strike Eagle soars above Grand Bay Bombing and Gunnery Range at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., May 19, 2016. The F-15 participated in joint training displaying tactical air and ground maneuvers, as well as... More
An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 23rd Fighter Group
An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 23rd Fighter Group performs a show-of-force maneuver during a training exercise, Feb. 11, 2016, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Multiple U.S. Air Force aircraft within Air Combat C... More
Andrew Baxley, a junior, secures the tow rope to a
Andrew Baxley, a junior, secures the tow rope to a U.S. Air Force Academy TG-16a glider during 94th Flying Training Squadron operations on the Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 8, 2015. Cadet... More
Cadet instructor pilots and students ready to launch
Cadet instructor pilots and students ready to launch their TG-15A sailplanes on a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Cadet instructor pilots and students ready to launch
Cadet instructor pilots and students ready to launch their TG-15A sailplanes on a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Cadet 3rd Classmen Kevin Yalung and Reagan Moore inspect
Cadet 3rd Classmen Kevin Yalung and Reagan Moore inspect the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force Academy TG-16A glider after a flight on the Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 8, 2015. (Air Force ph... More
Cadet instructor pilots and students prepare to launch
Cadet instructor pilots and students prepare to launch their TG-15A sailplanes on a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Cadet student Pierce Risinger, a freshman, is strapped
Cadet student Pierce Risinger, a freshman, is strapped in and ready to launch a TG-15A sailplanes on a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierr... More
Cadet instructor pilots and students ready the U.S.
Cadet instructor pilots and students ready the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., fleet of TG-15A sailplanes for flying operations on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Cadet instructor pilots and students push their TG-15A
Cadet instructor pilots and students push their TG-15A sailplanes to the runway at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Cadet student Pierce Risinger, a freshman, is strapped
Cadet student Pierce Risinger, a freshman, is strapped in and ready to launch a TG-15A sailplanes on a training sortie piloted by Cadet 1st Class David Koonz at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 20... More
An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 23rd Fighter Group
An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 23rd Fighter Group performs a show-of-force maneuver during a training exercise, Jan. 26, 2016, at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. During the training, the A-10Cs provided close air s... More
USAFA Soaring, Colorado Springs
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Cadet 2nd Class Spence Chanthavane, left, and Cadet 2nd Class Mark Simpson, right, members of the Soaring program, , review an aeronautical map of the area around the United S... More
Cadet 3rd Class Kevin Yalung waits to position a U.S.
Cadet 3rd Class Kevin Yalung waits to position a U.S. Air Force Academy TG-16A glider to tow position on the Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo. April 8, 2015. (Air Force photo by Mike Kaplan) (released)
Cadet 2nd Class Tom Cooper shows the tow rope to Cadet
Cadet 2nd Class Tom Cooper shows the tow rope to Cadet 2nd Class Douglas Clark, a U.S. Air Force Academy TG-16A glider instructor pilot on the Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo., April 8, 2015. (Air ... More
Cadet instructor pilots and students recover a TG-15A
Cadet instructor pilots and students recover a TG-15A sailplanes after a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Tom Cooper, a junior, secures the tow rope to a U.S.
Tom Cooper, a junior, secures the tow rope to a U.S. Air Force Academy TG-16A glider during 94th Flying Training Squadron operations on the Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs, Colo. April 8, 2015. Cadets e... More
Soaring - A man in uniform looking through a pair of binoculars
Second Lt. Jeremy Constantineau, 49th Operations Support Squadron airfield operations systems officer, watches the flightline with a pair of binoculars April 3. Holloman's air traffic controllers have many resp... More
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A flies overhead
A Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A flies overhead at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2017. This is the first Japanese-built F-35A, which was assembled at the Final Assembly and Check Out facility at Komaki-Mi... More
Cadet Aislinn Fitzgerald, a sophomore, briefs before
Cadet Aislinn Fitzgerald, a sophomore, briefs before strapping into a TG-15A sailplanes to go on a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Cadet Aislinn Fitzgerald, a sophomore, briefs before
Cadet Aislinn Fitzgerald, a sophomore, briefs before strapping into a TG-15A sailplanes to go on a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Casey Kowalski, a sophomore, is strapped in and ready
Casey Kowalski, a sophomore, is strapped in and ready to launch a TG-15A sailplanes on a training sortie at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., on Aug. 23, 2017 (U.S. Air Force photo/ Jason Gutierrez) (released)
Instructor pilot 2nd Class Douglas Clark and Cadet
Instructor pilot 2nd Class Douglas Clark and Cadet 4th Class Jewel Davidson, strapped in the cockpit of a TG-16A glider go over pre-flight procedures at the U.S. Air Force Academy's airfield in Colorado Springs... More