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June 2026 Checkpoints

In this issue:

  • 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.
  • Inside Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, where grads are helping shape the mission.
  • At the Boneyard, military aircraft go to die — and be regenerated.
  • Six USAFA graduates are turning entrepreneurial ideas into reality.
  • A close-up look at the Air Force’s new trainer, the Boeing–Saab T-7A Red Hawk — and the grads building its future curriculum.
  • Discover the Front Range Consortium and how USAFA fits within this national security and higher education partnership.
  • Mark Michalek ’99 is the FBI’s highest-ranking special agent with prior military service.
  • 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 our nation’s resilience and the exceptional graduates who have positively impacted the Academy and our country.
  • 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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