STARRS filed Freedom of Information Act Requests related to claims of systemic racism at the U.S. Air Force Academy. One of...
Category - Air Force Academy
Racial Preferences At Our Service Academies Are Not Essential To National Security
By Gen. Arthur E. Brown Jr., U.S. Army, retired, former Army vice chief of staff, former deputy superintendent of the U.S...
Air Force cadet died of blood clot in lung, autopsy finds
A coroner has determined that Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Hunter Brown died of a blood clot in his lungs that was...
Air Force Academy Vigil
The U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Honor Guard performs a 21-Gun Salute in honor of classmate Cadet 3rd Class Hunter Brown...
A Total Shock’: Parents Mourn Sudden Death of Their Air Force Academy Son
Candyce and Dustin Brown last spoke to their son Hunter by phone on Sunday, Jan. 8, discussing the class schedule for his...
The Usurpation Of Martin Luther King Day
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors At the age of thirty-five Dr. Martin Luther King won the Nobel...
The Pandora’s Box of mRNA Covid Vaccines
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors Recently, Hunter Brown, a United States Air Force Academy cadet and...
Air Force Academy Cadet Dies Suddenly While Walking to Class
A cadet at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, died after suffering a sudden medical emergency while he was...
Judicial Watch Sues Air Force Academy for Records about Critical Race Theory and ‘White Supremacy’
(Judicial Watch) Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for United States Air...
Woke Warfighters: How Political Ideology is Weakening America’s Military
The United States military is the greatest fighting force in the world. Unfortunately, President Joe Biden, and his...
Air Force Academy’s ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Training Angers Conservatives
Forbes contributor Eric Tegler wrote an outstanding article explaining D&I instruction, programs and culture at the US...
Judicial Watch Sues on Behalf of Concerned Military Group for Air Force Academy Critical Race Theory Records
Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of Stand Together Against...
Judicial Watch Supports STARRS in Suing DOD for Overdue USAFA Records
Judicial Watch took on a new quest, suing the Department of Defense (DOD) on behalf of Stand Together Against Racism and...
Runaway Wokeness at the Air Force Academy
The Patriot Post’s writer and analyst, Douglas Andrews, writes a biting essay on the increasing trend of Wokeism and a...
Coast Guard and Air Force Academies’ Recent Actions Against the Unvaccinated
Vice Admiral William “Dean” Lee, USCG (Ret), and Dr Sandy Miarecki, Lt Col, USAF (Ret), were interviewed on the Ark...
Has the Air Force Academy Become Just Another Liberal Arts School?
By Scott Sturman STARRS Board of Advisors member The Cadet Honor Code; high attrition rates; intense competition in...
Air Force Academy promotes fellowship that bans ‘cisgender’ men: ‘This program isn’t for you’
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado is encouraging cadets to apply for a fellowship program for...
Air Force Academy diversity training tells cadets to use words that ‘include all genders’ & drop ‘mom and dad’
A diversity and inclusion training by the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado instructs cadets to use words that...
USAFA Diversity and Equity Training Slides
Air Force Academy’s DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) training slides used to train cadets: USAFA DI 07 Sept 22...
The Air Force Academy Recruiting Crisis A Self-Inflicted Wound
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors Like a B-17 Flying Fortress lumbering back to England with its...
Air Force Academy Holds ‘Transgender Visibility’ Seminar
On 22 Sept, the United States Air Force Academy held a seminar promoting “transgender visibility and awareness in our...
AFA Cadets, Faculty Hailed for Diversity Efforts
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Several cadets and a faculty member were recognized for their individual and team efforts in...
RIP, Moral Courage in the Military
By Mike Pefley, STARRS VP Communications, USAFA ’74 Our nation was founded on the moral courage of patriots in order to free...
USAFA 2022 Survey Shows 12% Drop in Grad Pride
In an open letter, USAFA grad Scott Dunphy compares USAFA Association of Graduates (AOG) 2006 and 2022 survey reports...
Dana Lyon Follow-Up
Since we introduced you to Dana’s situation , STARRS has put out a press release and she and her attorney (and STARRS...
Air Force Academy Graduate Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine
Air Force Academy Fires AFA Grad, Outstanding Coach and Gold Star Widow Two Months Before Retirement for Refusing COVID...
Gold Star Widow, Dana Lyon and USAFA Coach Faces Termination Action
The following comments may be attributed to Lt. Gen. USAF (Ret.) Rod Bishop, President and Chairman of the Board of STARRS...
Why Are Air Force Commanders Violating the 1st Amendment?
Air Force Colonel Rob Maness (ret) talks with Lt Gen Rod Bishop, USAF retired and Mike Rose, Attorney, Academy graduates who...
STARRS UPDATE: Videos, Collaborations and News
The latest STARRS update is provided below. STARRS video series: Episode 11 of the Intellectuals is now available at the...
Bill to Protect Air Force Cadets, Midshipmen From Being Punished for Not Receiving Covid-19 Vaccine
(Sen. Rubio Press Release) U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and colleagues introduced the Defending Freedom of Conscience for...
STARRS Turns Up Heat, Secures Small Win
By Tracey Meck, Col, USAF (Ret), STARRS Newsletter and Blog Editor-in-Chief, USAFA ‘87 Over the past week or so, STARRS...
Four Air Force Academy Senior Cadets Told They Will Not Graduate Two Weeks Before Big Day!
On May 10th, four Cadets First Class (seniors) were ordered to report to the superintendent’s office under the escort of...
Cadets On Verge of Expulsion After Religious Exemption Appeals Were Denied; STARRS Is Helping
By Tracey Meck, Col, USAF (Ret) USAFA ’87 STARRS Newsletter Editor-In-Chief Only the “best of the best” are offered...
How ‘Social Justice’ is Killing the Military
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN (Ret), STARRS Director at Large Col. Michael D. Pefley, USAF (Ret), VP of Communications for...
Help Academy Cadets Defend Themselves!
Save Our Cadets and Midshipmen! Right now, at least 16 cadets are in danger of being kicked out of West Point because they...
Will New Commandant of Cadets Steer USAFA in the Right Direction?
The Air Force Academy has a new Commandant of Cadets. He is Brigadier General Paul Moga, Class of ’95. He recently sat down...
Critical Race Theory (CRT) vs Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
By Rod Bishop, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret) STARRS President and Board Chairman Many terms and acronyms used in public discussions...
How CRT made its way into military academies
Lt Gen Rod Bishop, STARRS President and BOD Chairman, appeared on Debbie Georgatos’ Vimeo program America, Can We Talk? Gen...
Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop: Radicalization is dividing our service academies
Gen. Bishop was interviewed on Secure Freedom Radio: GEN. (RET.) ROD BISHOP, Former Commander, 3rd Air Force, Ramstein Air...
Diversity and Inclusion at USAFA – A Trojan Horse
By Scott Sturman, M.D., USAFA ’72 STARRS BOD Member In 2013 the Air Force Academy announced “The United States Air...
Lt Gen Bishop Resigns from Falcon Foundation
On Oct 20, 2021, the President and CEO of STARRS, Lt Gen Rod Bishop, USAFA’74, resigned from his position as a governing...
Part 3: There Is No “I” In Honor Code
By Doug Goodman, STARRS member, USAFA ‘72 By Scott Sturman M.D., STARRS BOA member, USAFA ’72 “Duty, Honor, Country. Those...
Politics and the Academy Boards of Visitors
An Open Letter to STARRS Members Regarding Service Academy Board of Visitor (BOV) Firings By Rod Bishop, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret)...
USAFA 1987 Graduate Leroy Homer who Heroically Died as the Co-Pilot of United Flight 93 on 9/11
By Patti Stuart, STARRS BoD Member, USAFA ‘87 From his earliest days growing up in Long Island, American hero LeRoy W. Homer...
Biden Administration Orders Ideological Purge Of U.S. Military Academies
By John Lucas, USMA ’69 President Joe Biden and his administration are continuing to purge and politicize the American...
“Can The Academy Survive?” PART 2 – Is Attrition A Good Thing?
By Doug Goodman, STARRS member, USAFA ‘72 By Scott Sturman M.D., STARRS BOA member, USAFA ‘72 In June 1968, 1254 of us Basic...
Air Force Academy Promotes BLM with Cadets
STARRS leadership recommends everyone watch this video because it is the best analysis we have seen to date about the BLM...
Air Force Academy Reportedly Forces Cadets To Watch Racialized Training Video That Promotes BLM
By Brianna Lyman | Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Air Force Academy is reportedly requiring incoming cadets to...
Air Force Academy requires training linked to critical race theory and Black Lives Matter
By Mike Brest | Washington Examiner The Air Force Academy requires its incoming cadets to watch a diversity and inclusion...
Military academies stonewall demands for transparency of CRT curriculum
As concern grows nationally over the teaching of Critical Race Theory and related Marxist ideology at our military...