Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony kicks off Wednesday morning

COLORADO SPRINGS — Nearly one thousand cadets will graduate from the US Air Force Academy on Wednesday.

The cadets will become newly commissioned second lieutenants in the Air Force and Space Force.


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94 of those new officers will commission into the Space Force, which did not exist when they first arrived at the Academy four years ago.

The ceremony begins at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning and will commence with a flyover and aerial performance by the Air Force Thunderbirds.


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Expect heavy traffic along I-25 near the Academy throughout the day on Wednesday. Drivers are reminded not to pull off on I-25 to watch the air show.

You can watch the graduation ceremony live in the video player on this page.

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