New post (and oral history interview) on Learning Signs, our Family Learning blog:

“USAFA Memories of 3 Generations”
https://learningsigns.speedofcreativity.org/2024/12/24/usafa-memories-of-3-generations/

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USAFA Memories of 3 Generations

This evening after dinner dad, Rachel and I recorded an audio interview discussing our memories of basic training and our first two years (respectively) at the US Air Force Academy. I published thi…

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The #Thunderbirds are practicing today ahead of tomorrow’s Air Force Academy graduation. Always fun (and a bit unexpected) to hear them flying over!

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One of the best things about the #USAFA Prep graduation this year, aside from tapping out a cadet-candidate (now appointee) was the Hawaiian family who brought ukuleles, plural, and were just playing them together while waiting for their C/C to clear out the dorm.

U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. June 1962.

Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide. #OldPhotos #Kodachrome #USAFA #Colorado #ColoradoSprings

Windows in the Cadet Chapel at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. August 1968. Designed by Walter Netsch of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, the chapel has been closed for renovation since 2019.

Scanned from a 35mm Ektachrome slide. #OldPhotos #Ektachrome #FensterFreitag #WindowFriday #Colorado #ColoradoSprings #USAF #USAFA #AirForce #Architecture

Forest fire blowing up in the last hour… On top of Rampart Range, behind the Air Force Academy… #cosprings #cofire #usafa #ColoradoSprings

U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. June 1962. Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide.

#OldPhotos #Kodachrome #Colorado #ColoradoSprings #AirForce #USAF #USAFA