Air Force Falcons
| Air Force Falcons | |
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| University | United States Air Force Academy |
| Conference |
Mountain West Conference Atlantic Hockey Big 12 Conference Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Patriot Rifle Conference Southern Conference National Collegiate Boxing Association |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Jim Knowlton |
| Location | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Varsity teams | 29 (including 2 non-NCAA) |
| Football stadium | Falcon Stadium |
| Arena | Clune Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Falcon Baseball Field |
| Other arenas |
Cadet Fieldhouse Cadet East Gym |
| Mascot | Mach 1 |
| Nickname | Falcons |
| Fight song | "Falcon Fight Song" (unofficial: "The U.S. Air Force") |
| Colors | Blue and Silver |
| Website | goairforcefalcons |
The Air Force Falcons are the collegiate athletic teams that represent the United States Air Force Academy, near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The intercollegiate program has 17 men's and 10 women's NCAA-sanctioned teams. Men’s teams are football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey, cross-country, fencing, golf, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, rifle, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, water polo and wrestling. The Academy fields women's teams in basketball, cross-country, fencing, gymnastics, indoor and outdoor track, swimming and diving, soccer, tennis and volleyball. In addition, the Academy sponsors two non-NCAA programs: boxing and cheerleading.
The three major service academies (Air Force, Army, and Navy) compete for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year (or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie).
The current athletic director is Jim Knowlton. The majority of the Falcons teams compete as members of the Mountain West Conference.
The falcon mascot was selected by popular vote of the Academy's Class of 1959, the first class to graduate from the Academy. The team mascot is "Mach 1" name of the first falcon presented to the academy on Oct 5, 1955, however each performing falcon is given an individual name by its cadet falconer. The current mascot, a female white phase gyrfalcon named Aurora, has been the official mascot since 1996.
A member of the Mountain West Conference, the United States Air Force Academy sponsors teams in fifteen men's, nine women's, and two coed NCAA sanctioned sports:
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