: USAFA officials say the 1,352 young people accepting appointments to the academy this year comprises 277 women—the largest number to enter basic cadet training in the school’s history. The Colorado Springs, Colo.-based school received 9,255 applications for admission to the Class of 2010. Among the 1,352 individuals in the new class are 317 minorities—also marking the largest crop of minority cadets of any previous class.
The U.S. military is moving to restock its supply of the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator bunker-busting bombs it used against Iran's underground nuclear facilities last June, according to Air Force documents.
