USAFA Hosts Annual Aviation Camp

The US Air Force Academy annually hosts Teen Aviation Camp, inspiring the children of active duty, retired, reserve, or guard Air Force members to a career in aviation.

Teens and their families only have to pay for the cost of transportation to the Academy, the camp and its activities are free. The Air Force Services Agency sponsors and organizes the camp… 

Over the course of the camp, the teens were introduced to aviation and the Academy. They toured labs, met with cadets, professors, and admissions representatives, ate in Mitchell Hall, built gliders, and flew aboard T-41 Mescalinas.

The cadets also flew gliders and met with Academy Admissions, which gave them an opportunity to learn what they needed to know to apply to USAFA.

(The aircraft was misidentified as “Mescalina.”  The T-41 is the Mescalero, which is essentially a Cessna 172.  Mescaline is the psychedelic underpinning of peyote.)

2 comments

  • Lorraine Franckle

    Do you have any spots for non-military dependent childrem?

  • Lorraine,

    In short, it appears one either has to be a military or government civilian dependent. The best information available indicates

    Eligible applicants include teen dependents of Active Duty Military assigned to or living on an Air Force Base, AF Retired Military, AF Civilian Employees, or activated Air National Guard or AF Reserve.

    If you’re looking for opportunities at USAFA in general, there’s still the USAFA Summer Seminar.