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air force academy

n. an academy for training air force officers

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Air Force Academy, CO -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Colorado
Population (2000): 7526
Housing Units (2000): 1238
Land area (2000): 10.022441 sq. miles (25.958002 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 10.022441 sq. miles (25.958002 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00870
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 38.990440 N, 104.860674 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Air force academy

An air force academy or air academy is a national institution that provides initial officer training, possibly including undergraduate level education, to air force officer cadets who are preparing to be commissioned officers in a national air force. The world's first air academy was the RAF (Cadet) College (now called the Royal Air Force College) which was founded on 1 November 1919 on the site of a Royal Navy flying training station.

Many nations support air academies, some of which are:

  • The Republic of China Air Force Academy of Taiwan, founded in 1928
  • The Brazilian Air Force Academy (Academia da Força Aérea), founded in 1960
  • The Accademia Aeronautica of Italy, founded 1923
  • The Bangladesh Air Force Academy, founded in 1974 as BAF Cadets’ Training Unit
  • The Royal Danish Air Force Officers School, founded in 1951
  • The École de l'air of France
  • The Air Force Academy, Dundigul, India
  • The Egyptian Air Academy, founded in 1951
  • The Gagarin Air Force Academy, Russian Air Force, founded in 1940
  • The Hellenic Air Force Academy of Greece, founded in 1919 as the Military Academy of Aviation, became the Air Force School in 1931
  • The Korea Air Force Academy, founded as the Aviation Academy in 1949
  • The Norwegian Air Force Academy, founded in 1949
  • The Pakistan Air Force Academy, founded as a flying training school in 1947 and became a college in 1948, redesignated as an academy in 1967
  • The Polish Air Force Academy, founded in 1927
  • The Portuguese Air Force Academy (Academia da Força Aérea), founded in 1978
  • The Sri Lanka Air Force Academy, founded in 1976
  • The Turkish Air Force Academy, founded in 1951
  • The Royal Air Force College Cranwell of the United Kingdom, founded in 1916 as a naval air training base, became an air force college in 1919
  • The United States Air Force Academy, founded in 1954
  • The Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy, Russian Air Force, founded in 1920
  • The Zhukovsky – Gagarin Air Force Academy, Russian Air Force, amalgamation of the Zhukovsky Air Force Engineering Academy and Gagarin Air Force Academy in 2008

Usage examples of "air force academy".

Flying came as naturally to him as it did to the gyrfalcon mascot at the Air Force Academy.

His resulted from a nearly forgotten party in Colorado - he'd graduated from the United States Air Force Academy - at which he'd fallen from a horse so gentle that the animal had nearly died of fright.

He hasn't got around to baby talk on schedule, so Bud worries he won't get into the Air Force Academy.

While at the Air Force Academy, he was on the football team and fencing squad.