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The U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School was established in 1961 under the command of Colonel Lee Charles Black. Today, the Preparatory School offers a select group of enlisted personnel and civilians, a potential pathway to join the cadets at the Academy.
The U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School—usually referred to as "the Prep School" or "The P School"—was established in May 1961. The school's founder and first commander was Colonel Lee Charles Black. It is located on the campus of the United States Air Force Academy near the Community Center.
The Preparatory School’s academic program is tailored to prepare cadet candidates for the rigorous curriculum they will face, with the ultimate goal of becoming a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
The prep school's mission is to motivate, prepare, and evaluate selected candidates in an academic, military, moral, and physical environment, to perform successfully and enhance diversity at the Air Force Academy.
This 10-month school is designed to academically, physically and militarily prepare selected young men and women to potentially go on to the United States Air Force Academy and succeed. About 15 percent of every graduating class at the Academy started out by attending the prep school.
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo.– Mohammad Khaliq II arrived at U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School In-processing Day July 7, 2023, prepared to begin making his dream of one day becoming a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot a reality.
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is a United States service academy in El Paso County, Colorado, immediately north of Colorado Springs. It educates cadets for service in the officer corps of the United States Air Force and United States Space Force.
