The Air Force Falcons had nine players selected as at-large all-American for their action in the 2024-25 athletic year. Feb 25, 2025; Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; Air Force Falcons mascot The ...

(AP/Otto Kitsinger) Aurora, the Air Force’s live gyrfalcon mascot, died on Wednesday, the academy announced. She was 23, which made her the longest-serving live mascot in school history.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (KRDO) -- This weekend, the U.S. Air Force Academy's newest falcon mascot will take flight for the first time. According to the USAFA, Nova, a female gyrfalcon, will take ...

The Air Force Academy on Sept. 3 announced its newest gyrfalcon mascot has been named Nova after a vote by the Cadet Wing. (Air Force Academy) The Air Force Academy’s newest mascot now has a ...

The yet-to-be-named bird is replacing Aurora, the academy’s oldest and longest serving falcon mascot, who died last October at the age of 23. The academy has several other falcon mascots, as well.

Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy abducted Aurora in a 2018 prank while the falcon accompanied the Air Force team to an annual football game against the Army academy in West Point, New York.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The U.S. Air Force Academy welcomed a new mascot into its ranks and will break with tradition by allowing cadets to name the falcon.

This newest mascot is a successor to the Academy's oldest falcon that passed away in October 2019. The Academy announced that 23-year-old Aurora, a White Phase Gyrfalcon, passed away.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The U.S. Air Force Academy announced Tuesday morning that it's welcoming a new falcon mascot. The new mascot is a female gyrfalcon but has yet to be named.

(CNN) – Aurora, a falcon that served the Air Force Academy as mascot for 23 years, has died, the school announced Wednesday in a statement posted on Facebook and Twitter. The bird was a fixture ...

COLORADO, USA — A falcon that served as a mascot for the U.S. Air Force Academy for the past 23 years has died. The academy announced Aurora’s death Wednesday, saying she was the longest ...

The Air Force Academy shared a statement announcing the death of Aurora, who was 23 years old The U.S. Air Force Academy’s falcon mascot, Aurora, died on Wednesday. The beloved bird was 23 years ...