Editing United States Air Force Academy (section)

=== Cyber Competition Team ===
The Air Force Academy has a Cyber Competition team that operates under the Dean of the Faculty and the Department of Computer and Cyber Science.

In November 2017, teams from the Air Force Academy took both first and second in a competition against the [[U.S. Military Academy]], the [[U.S. Naval Academy]], and the [[U.S. Coast Guard Academy]] at the CyberStakes Live competition in Las Vegas, Nevada.<ref name="endowmentcyberstakes" />

In March 2019, the team won the Atlantic Council's national Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge in Washington, DC.<ref name="cyber912">{{cite web |last1=Zimmerman |first1=Jared |title=7th Annual DC Cyber 9/12 Strategy Challenge |url=https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/past-events/7th-annual-dc-cyber-9-12-strategy-challenge |website=Atlantic Council |date=21 March 2019 |access-date=18 June 2019 |language=en-gb |archive-date=18 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618045253/https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/events/past-events/7th-annual-dc-cyber-9-12-strategy-challenge |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2019, the [[National Security Agency]] announced that the U.S. Air Force Academy was the winner of the 2019 NSA Cyber Exercise.  The events included forensics, cyber policy, data analysis, software development, and a cyber combat scenario.<ref name="nsancx">{{cite web |last1=Biemer |first1=Kelly |title=National Security Agency Names U.S. Air Force Academy 2019 NSA Cyber E |url=https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/Article/1816286/national-security-agency-names-us-air-force-academy-2019-nsa-cyber-exercise-cha/ |website=National Security Agency |access-date=18 June 2019 |archive-date=18 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618040158/https://www.nsa.gov/news-features/press-room/Article/1816286/national-security-agency-names-us-air-force-academy-2019-nsa-cyber-exercise-cha/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2018, the USAFA Class of 1968 announced that they would adopt the Cyber Team, with the goal of raising over $500,000 to establish a permanent endowment to cover travel expenses and other costs.<ref name="endowmentcyberstakes">{{cite web |title=Cyber Competition Team wins big in CyberStakes Live |url=https://www.usafa.org/news/cybercompetitionteam |website=Usafa.org |access-date=18 June 2019 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410184052/https://www.usafa.org/news/cybercompetitionteam |archive-date=10 April 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>