Saturday morning, Kim and I drove down to Colorado Springs to meet up with our friends Amy and Corey and attend an Air Force football game.  We arrived plenty early to take in the pre-game festivities, which included many cadets marching onto the field in formation, a group of skydiving paratroopers, and a flyby of multiple F-16’s.

Cadets on the field before the game.

Paratroopers entering the stadium.

Though the game wasn’t the most exciting ever, Air Force walked away with a win over Wyoming, and the pre-game and halftime ceremonies more than made up for it.  At halftime they had a falcon fly down from on top of the press box and perform a number of passes over the crowd at very high speeds.  The bird makes repeated stoops at the baited lure swung by the cadet falconer.   I wish I would have gotten video of this, but the bird was too small and fast to capture.

Low altitude F-16 flybys.

Nearing a big win over Wyoming.

After the game we headed up toward the famed Cadet Chapel.  A wedding had just ended in the Catholic Chapel, so we were able to sneak in for a quick look before some of the retaining ropes were back in place.  This chapel is down on the basement floor of the building, so it doesn’t feature as much stained glass as the Protestant Chapel upstairs does.  The Protestant Chapel is much larger, the biggest of all the chapels, and is very colorful with the stained glass lining all the spires.

Outside the Cadet Chapel building.

View of the Cadet Chapel from the side.

Catholic Chapel

Protestant Chapel – both the south and north ends.

I apologize for the lack of better quality pictures, but these were all taken on my iPhone. I brought my good camera with me, but in my rush to get ready I accidentally left the memory card in my computer.