AFA ADDS 68 TO NEW CLASS.(News)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: June 14, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Dick Foster, Rocky Mountain News

COLORADO SPRINGS -- The Air Force Academy will add nearly 70 more cadets to its incoming freshman class to assure enough pilot candidates by their graduation.

The new class reporting on June 30 will contain 1,418 freshmen, an increase from last year's 1,350.

The new class is larger despite a 23 percent drop in applicants over the past year. A total of 9,604 high school seniors applied for this year's freshman class, compared with 12,430 the previous year.

The drop in applicants brought last year's number closer to the ...

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