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  • WCAP athletes move closer to Summer Olympics qualification

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – With the 2024 Summer Olympics quickly approaching, 11 Airmen are still hoping to earn a spot on Team USA to compete in Paris. Athletes from the Department of the Air Force’s World Class Athlete Program continue competing and training for the global

  • Mission Monday: DAF World Class Athlete Program

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s Mission Monday. Dale Filsell is the Air Force Services Center program manager for the Department of the Air Force World Class Athlete and Shooting programs.As the program manager, he ensures athletes in the programs have the necessary equipment,

  • Air Force World Class Athletes have sights set on Paris 2024

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – With the 2022 Winter Olympics in the rear view mirror, nine Airmen have their sights firmly set on the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics as the Department of the Air Force’s newest crop of World Class Athlete Program athletes.Following on the heels of WCAP athlete

  • Application window opens for Olympic hopefuls

    The application window for Airmen, Guardians, Reservists and Guardsmen who dream of Olympic competition is now open. Department of the Air Force and Space Force athletes have 45 days to apply to begin their training with the hopes of competing in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Once

  • Airman makes debut as Winter Olympian, has sights set for 2026

    Imagine being the first black athlete to compete in a sport where you are hurling yourself headfirst down an icy track at speeds over 90 mph. That is exactly what Airman First Class Kelly Curtis did recently as she competed in the skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.

  • WCAP transformed Air Force captain professionally, personally

    Capt. Eric Duechle, a member of the WCAP participating in rugby in 2016 and current flight commander with the 505th Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, said WCAP unlocked his potential as an athlete and Air Force officer.