The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is being sued over its admissions policies by the same anti-affirmative action group that won a landmark Supreme Court case against Harvard in ...

The Justice Department this week settled lawsuits challenging race-based admissions at the U.S. Military Academy and the Air Force Academy, ending years of legal battles over how the elite military ...

The lawsuit was the latest in a series by a prominent anti-affirmative action group that is seeking to overturn the use of racial preferences in the nation’s military academies. By Anemona Hartocollis ...

The Air Force Academy has axed affirmative action in its admissions, the government said in a recent court filing. Students for Fair Admissions, which won the Supreme Court case in 2023 that took away ...

President Donald Trump's salute to a cadet is mirrored by two Air Force Academy cadets that received their diplomas at the academy's 61st commencement. More than four months after the U.S. Air Force ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached settlements with West Point and the Air Force Academy, confirming that both institutions comply with merit-based admissions policies. The Department of ...

The Justice Department said in a filing Friday that the academy changed its policy to adhere to an executive order issued in January by President Trump. By Karoun Demirjian The Air Force Academy has ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... National advocacy group Students for Fair Admissions is suing the U.S. Air Force Academy, alleging the school’s use of race in admissions is unconstitutional ...

Students selected to attend the Air Force Academy may join either the Air Force or the Space Force when they graduate. One of five U.S. service academies, the Air Force Academy's establishment in 1954 ...

More than four months after the U.S. Air Force Academy announced it no longer would consider race as a factor in its admissions process, the Justice Department said Tuesday a settlement has been ...