COLORADO SPRINGS — The U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) Class of 2022 Graduation is May 25 at Falcon Stadium, and this 12 months an Olympic Gold Medalist from Team USA will fly with the Thunderbirds.
USAFA has invited 2022 Olympic speed-skating gold-medalist Erin Jackson to fly with the Thunderbirds on their mid-morning flight over Colorado Springs. Jackson is a local of Ocala, Florida and is the primary black girl in historical past to win an Olympic Gold Medal within the sport of speed-skating. Following her flight, Jackson will go to with Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark and congratulate Cadets from the Class of 2022 on the Academy on changing into new officers within the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force.
The Thunderbirds aerial demonstration group is scheduled to conclude the Class of 2022 commencement ceremony with a 30-minute efficiency over Falcon Stadium. The efficiency is deliberate from 12:30 p.m. by way of 1 p.m., simply after the hat toss.
On Tuesday, May 24, the Thunderbirds are scheduled to fly a observe mission over of the Academy’s Falcon Stadium. As mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration, in depth street closures and visitors detours are deliberate on the Academy beneath the efficiency space Tuesday, May 23 and Wednesday, May 25.
Closures embrace the Santa Fe Trail and roads beneath the present space, 11:30 a.m. by way of 4p.m. Tuesday, May 24, and 10 a.m. by way of 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 25. Closures embrace:
• Stadium Boulevard – from Pine Drive to North Gate Blvd
• Community Center Drive – from Stadium Blvd. to E. Douglass Drive
• Academy Drive – from Stadium Blvd. to Lot 6
• The Santa Fe Trail from Tri-intersection Bridge to Parade Loop
For public security, drivers are reminded not to cease alongside I-25 or any roads on the Academy to watch any of the Thunderbird performances.
