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United States Air Force Academy

The United States Air Force Academy is a United States service academy in , , immediately north of . It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: military academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
  • Also known as: “Air Force Academy”, “U.S. Air Force Academy”, and “USAFA”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Falcon Stadium and United States Air Force Academy Cadet Chapel.

Stadium
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an outdoor football in the , on the campus of the near .

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The , completed in 1962, is the distinguishing feature of the Cadet Area at the north of . is situated 2½ miles northwest of United States Air Force Academy.

Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Cadet Field House is an indoor sports complex in the , located at the in , near . is situated 2 miles northwest of United States Air Force Academy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gleneagle and Pikeview.

Locality
Photo: Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0.
is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place located in and governed by , , . The CDP is a part of the Colorado Springs, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. is situated 4 miles north of United States Air Force Academy.

Hamlet
is a neighborhood of , annexed to the city as the "Pike View Addition" on August 1, 1962. In 1896 there was a Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad station in , and miners had begun digging a shaft for the Coal Mine. is situated 6 miles south of United States Air Force Academy.

United States Air Force Academy

Latitude
38.99126° or 38° 59′ 29″ north
Longitude
-104.85449° or 104° 51′ 16″ west
Open location code
85CQX4RW+G6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 47472629
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­base
Wiki­data ID
Q1331280
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“United States Air Force Academy” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Akademia Ajrore e Shteteve të Bashkuara”
  • Arabic: “أكاديمية سلاح الجو الأمريكي”
  • Armenian: “ԱՄՆ ՌՕՈՒ ակադեմիա”
  • Belarusian: “АВПС ЗША”
  • Belarusian: “Акадэмія ваенна-паветраных сіл ЗША”
  • Belarusian: “Акадэмія вайскова-паветраных сілаў ЗША”
  • Catalan: “Acadèmia de la Força Aèria dels Estats Units”
  • Chinese: “美国空军军官学校”
  • Chinese: “美国空军学院”
  • Chinese: “美國空軍學院”
  • Chinese: “美國空軍官校”
  • Chinese: “美國空軍軍官學校”
  • Czech: “Akademie Letectva Spojených států amerických”
  • Dutch: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Esperanto: “Air Force Academy”
  • Esperanto: “USAFA”
  • Esperanto: “Usona aerarmea akademio”
  • Estonian: “Ameerika Ühendriikide Õhuväe Akadeemia”
  • Finnish: “Yhdysvaltain ilmavoimien akatemia”
  • French: “Académie de l’armée de l’air américaine”
  • French: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • French: “US Air Force Academy”
  • Galician: “Academia da Forza Aérea dos Estados Unidos de América”
  • German: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • German: “Usafa”
  • Hebrew: “אקדמיית חיל האוויר של ארצות הברית”
  • Hungarian: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Indonesian: “Akademi Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat”
  • Indonesian: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Italian: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ空軍士官学校”
  • Japanese: “空軍士官学校”
  • Korean: “미국 공군사관학교”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “US Air Force Academy”
  • Norwegian: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Persian: “آکادمی نیروی هوایی ایالات متحده آمریکا”
  • Persian: “آکادمی نیروی هوایی ایالات متحدهٔ آمریکا”
  • Persian: “آکادمی نیروی هوایی ایالات متحدهٔ ایالات متحده”
  • Persian: “آکادمی نیروی هوایی ایالات متحده”
  • Persian: “اکادمی نیروی هوایی ایالات متحده امریکا”
  • Persian: “اکادمی نیروی هوایی ایالات متحدهٔ امریکا”
  • Persian: “اکادمی نیروی هوایی ایالات متحدهٔ ایالات متحده”
  • Persian: “اکادمی نیروی هوایی ایالات متحده”
  • Polish: “Akademia Sił Powietrznych Stanów Zjednoczonych”
  • Polish: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Portuguese: “Academia da Força Aérea dos Estados Unidos”
  • Romanian: “Academia Forțelor Aeriene ale Statelor Unite”
  • Russian: “Академия ВВС США”
  • Slovenian: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Slovenian: “USAFA”
  • Spanish: “Academia de la Fuerza Aerea de Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Academia de la Fuerza Aérea de Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Academia de la Fuerza Aerea de los Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Academia de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Swedish: “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Tajik: “Академияи Нерӯҳои Ҳавоии Ҳарбии ИМА”
  • Ukrainian: “Академія Повітряних сил США”
  • Ukrainian: “Військово-повітряна академія США”
  • Vietnamese: “Học viện Không quân Hoa Kỳ”
  • Waray (Philippines): “United States Air Force Academy”
  • Yue Chinese: “美國空軍學院”

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