The Air Force Academy Dean of Faculty, Brigadier General Linell A. Letendre, retired last week following the Academy’s Class of 2025 graduation ceremony.
Her retirement has been expected–at least in Air Force Academy (USAFA) circles–since the start of the year; but it comes at a time of uncertainty at the military institution as large-scale civilian faculty cuts loom on the horizon, according to multiple reports by KOAA and our news partners at the Gazette.
USAFA Superintendent Tony Bauernfeind reportedly informed staff in early April that the institution was planning to cut about 100 civilian faculty members ahead of the Fall 2025 semester. The move could lead to a decrease in majors offered, courses cut, and, as some critics have pointed out, might risk accreditation for the Academy…