The new mascot for the Air Force Academy Falcons has arrived. The school announced via Facebook Tuesday that the newest addition to the Falcon family, a healthy female gyrfalcon, has arrived. The ...

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, CO - NOVEMBER 11: A mascot Falcon of the Air Force Falcons sits on the trainers arm during the game against of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on November 11, 2006 at Falcon ...

The Air Force Academy Falcons lost their longest-living mascot last week. In the end of an era, as the Academy put it, Aurora the Gyrfalcon died Oct. 3 after serving 23 years as the school’s ...

In a photo taken in 2004, then Air Force Academy cadet Tyler Young and falcon Aurora, one of the academy's official mascots, rest aboard an airplane in Air Force Academy, Colo., before flying to ...

Air Force’s live mascot, a 22-year-old white gyrfalcon, suffered potentially life-threatening injuries due to a prank leading up to the Falcons’ rivalry matchup against Army this week.

The Air Force Academy's falcon mascot, Aurora, died Wednesday, the school announced. The bird, which made national news last year when she was abducted in a prank, was 23 years old.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- A young American kestrel falcon has joined the Air Force Academy's collection of falcon mascots after it was rescued from a small cage and rehabilitated.

AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — An Air Force Academy falcon mascot that was injured during a prank before the annual rivalry football game against Army is recovering back in Colorado, but her ...

Air Force falcon mascots spread their wings during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Boise State in Boise, Idaho, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015.

In a photo taken in 2004, then Air Force Academy cadet Tyler Young and falcon Aurora, one of the academy's official mascots, rest aboard an airplane in Air Force Academy, Colo., before flying to ...

The Air Force Academy's falcon mascot, Aurora, died Wednesday, the school announced. The bird, which made national news last year when she was abducted in a prank, was 23 years old.