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The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.
We are thrilled to deliver a curriculum that will lay a foundation for your intellectual development and benefit you in the Air Force, Space Force, and beyond. Our academic program will benefit you as citizens of our nation, as members of the profession of arms, and as Air and Space warriors.
The United States Air Force Academy offers a four-year program of instruction and experience designed to provide cadets the knowledge and character essential for leadership, and the motivation to serve as Air Force career officers.
The United States Air Force Academy provides a world-class education that also combines athletics, character and leadership development, and military training to forge outstanding United States Air Force and Space Force officers who are ready to lead on day one.
Basic Requirements. Every cadet is different, but to earn an appointment to the U.S. Air Force Academy, you must meet certain basic requirements. Be at least 17 but not past your 23rd birthday by July 1 of the year you enter the Academy. Be a United States citizen.
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