COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado, April 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Academy issued the following news: Despite challenges the coronavirus created for the Defense Department and the U.S. over the last year, research at the Air Force Academy is still thriving and celebrated. Brig. Gen. Linell Letendre, the Academy's dean of the faculty, hosted the institution's annual Research Awards Ceremony April 6 to highlight the research of cadets and faculty members over the last year. The ceremony took place in Fa  more