curriculum, faculty, and campus. The academy's permanent site had not been completed when the first class entered, so the 306 cadets from the Class of 1959 were sworn in at a temporary site at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver on 11 July 1955. While at Lowry, they were housed in renovated World War II barracks. There were no upper-class cadets to train the new cadets, so the Air Force appointed a cadre of "Air Training Officers" (ATOs) to conduct training. The ATOs were junior officers, many of whom were graduates of West Point, Annapolis, VMI, and The Citadel. They acted as surrogate upper-class cadets until the upper classes could be populated over the next several years. The academy's dedication ceremony took place on that first day and was broadcast live on national television, with Walter Cronkite covering the event. Arnold W. Braswell was commander of the original four cadet squadrons at the academy 1955 to 1958.
In developing a distinctive uniform for cadets, the Air Force turned to Hollywood. Film director …
中文名/译名
SAT EBRW 25%
620
SAT EBRW 75%
710
SAT Math 25th %
630
SAT Math 75th %
740
ACT Composite 25th %
26
ACT Composite 50th %
30
ACT Composite 75th %
33
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