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Current Issue: December 2025
Checkpoints magazine is the U.S. Air Force Academy Association & Foundation's signature publication. From its humble beginnings in black-and-white news print to the award-winning publication you are reading today, the magazine has evolved into a visual showcase of USAFA and its graduates. Yet despite its evolutionary track across the decades, Checkpoints still seeks the same objective that it did at the time of its inception: to tell immersive Academy and graduate stories.
No matter how you read Checkpoints — whether in print or online — the content is as strong as ever, and we hope you enjoy it!
Access current issueDecember 2025 issue
In this issue:- The Checkpoints team sat down for a Q&A with Gen. B. Chance Saltzman, chief of space operations, United States Space Force, at his office in the Pentagon.
- Matthew Lohmeier ’06, the 29th undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, shares his priorities in his new role and talks about his time as a USAFA cadet.
- A handful of graduates discuss their Wall Street experiences in taking companies public.
- Checkpoints recognizes 50 years of women at U.S. service academies.
- An update on the Institute for Future Conflict.
- The Madera Cyber Innovation Center is operational. How is it impacting cyber-minded cadets?
- The Association of Graduates celebrates its newest honorary member, USAFA architect Duane Boyle.
- Check out photo essays from this year’s reunions, as well as fall sports — and much more!
- And be sure to check out columns from Mark Hille ’97, Association & Foundation CEO, as well as Cathy Almand ’90, AOG board chair.
