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Current Issue: June 2026

Checkpoints magazine is the U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation's signature publication. From its humble beginnings in black-and-white news print to the award-winning publication you are reading today, the magazine has evolved into a visual showcase of USAFA and its graduates. Yet despite its evolutionary track across the decades, Checkpoints still seeks the same objective that it did at the time of its inception: to tell immersive Academy and graduate stories.

No matter how you read Checkpoints — whether in print or online — the content is as strong as ever, and we hope you enjoy it!

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Take a deep dive into Arizona’s Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, its mission and the grads who are there working to get the job done.
Explore the Boneyard, where military aircraft go to die — and to be regenerated.
Meet USAFA grads with an entrepreneurial spirit — part of Checkpoints’ ongoing "grads in business" series.
Learn about the U.S. Air Force’s new jet trainer — the T-7A — and the Academy grads building the curriculum at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.
As part of this year’s ongoing coverage, Checkpoints shares stories about female cadets’ first days at the Academy.
Mark Michalek ’99 is the FBI’s highest-ranking agent who also served in the military. Read his compelling story.
Discover the Front Range Consortium and how USAFA fits within this national security and higher education partnership.

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Maj. Gen. Paul Moga ’95 nominated as USAFA’s 23rd superintendent — with promotion to lieutenant general.
Col. Brandon Tellez ’01 is USAFA’s new commandant of cadets.
Two grads step into national leadership roles: Col. (Ret.) Matt Anderson ’97 as NASA deputy administrator, and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Dan Edwards ’91 as assistant secretary of transportation.
Photo highlights: Women’s 50th commemoration, spring CULEX and Class of ’26 graduation.
Members of the Class of ’26 reflect on commissioning as America approaches its 250th birthday.
Association & Foundation CEO Mark Hille ’97 writes about the enduring values and freedoms that we uniquely enjoy and that each graduate has taken a solemn oath to defend.
AOG board chair Cathy Almand ’90 reflects on 50 years of women at service academies and on her experience at the USAFA commemoration.

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