Students who enrolled in an aviation-focused Gilbert high school never received what school officials promised three years ago. Flight simulators. Advanced technology.

Students who enrolled in an aviation-focused Gilbert high school never received what school officials promised three years ago. Flight simulators. Advanced technology.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - As Air Force cadets return to classes this month, they are seeing a new system for handling rape allegations - reforms put in place throughout the military in response to the sex scandal that rocked this prestigious school more than two years ago.

Our military protects and defends us, but it’s a lesser known fact that they also entertain us. The United States Air Force Concert Band and the Singing Sergeants do just that with a free community performance October 25 at ASU Gammage.

The first stand-alone U.S. Air Force magnet high school in the nation will begin taking applications Wednesday in Gilbert in a first-come, first-served process expected to draw hundreds of applicants from all over the Valley.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — Shane Johannsen had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead Northern Arizona to a 60-52 victory over Air Force on Saturday night.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. — As the nation's military academies try to recruit more minorities, they aren't getting much help from members of Congress from big-city districts with large numbers of blacks, Hispanics and Asians.

Competition is stiff for admission at any U.S. military academy, but five seniors at Mesa's Mountain View High School passed inspection this year. Five cadets from the same graduating class could be a state record, although academy recruiters did not have historical data available.

Stagnant enrollment at the Technology and Leadership Academy has forced Gilbert Unified School District officials to consider phasing out the students next year and starting a new program in 2007.

Stagnant enrollment at the Technology and Leadership Academy has forced Gilbert Unified School District officials to consider phasing out the students next year and starting a new program in 2007.

Sophomore, Sarah Galvin, 16, is hard at work preparing for her oral presentation to the United States military at the national Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS), to take place next month. Galvin’s presentation of an Android application to control a robot took first place at last weekend’s state competition and she took home a $2,000 college scholarship and an all-expenses-paid invitation to the national finals.

The Technology and Leadership Academy in Gilbert had a bumpy start, but students now know where they are going, rooms have desks and things are running smoothly, said headmaster Lt. Col. Lowell "Ed" Fox.

LAHORE, Pakistan — Black-clad Pakistani commandos overpowered a group of militants who had seized a police academy, took cadets hostage and killed at least six of them Monday in a dramatic challenge to the civilian government that faces U.S. pressure to defeat Islamic extremists.

The Class of 2013 at Perry High School boasts an impressive list of accomplishments.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The first video image of Osama bin Laden in nearly two years was broadcast on Al-Jazeera Wednesday, the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The al-Qaida leader was shown walking through rocky terrain with his top aide, both carrying assault rifles.

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The first video image of Osama bin Laden in nearly two years was broadcast on Al-Jazeera Wednesday, the eve of the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The al-Qaida leader was shown walking through rocky terrain with his top aide, both carrying assault rifles.

BAGHDAD - A total of 12,000 American and 4,000 British troops will leave Iraq by September, the U.S. military said Sunday, hours after a suicide bomber killed 32 people at the entrance of Baghdad's main police academy.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. forces battled holdout fighters Thursday at a palace and a mosque in Baghdad; one Marine was killed and up to 20 wounded.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents using suicide and roadside bombs killed at least 21 people, including a U.S. soldier, on Thursday in the latest of a series of attacks aimed at wrecking Iraq's constitutional referendum next week.

NAIROBI, Kenya - An American skipper held hostage by pirates tried to swim to freedom Friday but was recaptured seconds later when the bandits opened fire within view of a U.S. destroyer.

NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates and their hostage American sea captain were adrift in a lifeboat Thursday off the Horn of Africa, shadowed by a U.S. destroyer with more warships on the way in a U.S. show of force.

Ahwatukee student graduates from USAFA

Ahwatukee student graduates from USAFA