USAFA Appointment List Class of 2026

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It’s October, Admissions is looking at the first puzzle pieces to make up the Class of 2026, LOAs are being drafted for some small number of the class, applications are coming in, nom interviews are starting up, DoDMERB hurdles are being tackled and the list begins.


General suggestions/guidance:

- Resist posting until there is an offer
of appointment in hand/portal and you have certainty.
- If you have an LOA, sit tight, wait until you have an actual offer of appointment. You will know it when you see it.
- This thread is not for USAFAPS or sponsored prep offers, save that good news for its own thread.
- Try not to go off on tangents and ask questions about other topics here, so “the list” is the primary focus.
- It’s recommended to not put your District, for privacy reasons. With the mosaic theory of intelligence, identities can be ferreted out and associated with your other questions or comments.
- “Direct” is usually taken to mean right from high school.

HOW TO ADD A NAME: This is DIY self-reporting and self-updating the full list. Mods don't update the list. Kindly posters occasionally do, but the burden falls on posters to copy the list, add their entry and post the updated list. Ditto for later edits from Undecided and then re-posting the entire updated list.

HOW TO CREATE UPDATED LIST:
Method 1, on full website.
Copy the most recent list, paste into your new post, use the next number, enter your info in a similar format, post. If you don’t do this, and just post an entry and not the updated list, you risk the next poster updating the last list, the one without your name, and leaving you stranded and off the list.

Method 2, works well on mobile site on smartphone.
Start a new post by Quoting the most recent complete list. Delete the “quote stuff” at the beginning and end of the list. You now have a complete all-text list that will not act like a Quote. At the end of that list, choose the next number and add your entry. Post.

Don’t forget to go back and update Undecideds! Same methods as above, just edit your original entry

FORMAT for New Entry:

Next appointment number)
SAF forum name/self, DD, DS/LOA or No LOA/Date of Appointment Notification/Accepted or Declined or Undecided/Nom sources, including State, MOC or Sen/Other Nominations/via NAPS, Foundation prep, self-prep, college re-applicant or applicant, direct appoint from HS, enlisted

SAMPLE ENTRY:
1)BaconFiend/DD/No LOA/Jan 7, 2025/Accepted/VA-Sen, Presidential Nom/direct appoint

For comparison, here is the Class of 2025 Appointment List. Previous years are easily searched for.
 
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I was looking through and saw the USNA appointee list started up by @Capt MJ , so I'd expect USAFA to start soon since I've spotted a few LOAs out there. Also shout out to Capt MJ since I copied and pasted from last year and just edited the previous appointment list. Plus, it was the last day where I didn't have to change "It's October...";)

Best of luck to everyone!
 
It’s October, Admissions is looking at the first puzzle pieces to make up the Class of 2025, LOAs are being drafted for some small number of the class, applications are coming in, nom interviews are starting up, DoDMERB hurdles are being tackled and the list begins.

Good luck to all, but this is c/o 2026 lol. Ship has unfortunately sailed on 2025. 😂
 
Thanks for putting this together.

I'd like to shape expectations for this year. The new system development is going well, but is a bit behind schedule. Expect LOAs and offers to be delayed beyond the normal time frame. USAFA is working hard to get back on track but asks you to be patient.
 
Thanks for putting this together.

I'd like to shape expectations for this year. The new system development is going well, but is a bit behind schedule. Expect LOAs and offers to be delayed beyond the normal time frame. USAFA is working hard to get back on track but asks you to be patient.
USNA went through this meat grinder last cycle and delivered a class. I have great faith in the determination of USAFA’s seasoned team.
 
I looked at last years list and appointments with presidential nominations came out around the 12th/18th, so hoping to see some of you that received a presidential nomination fill this list this week 🤞

Then hopefully within the next few weeks we get even more appointments to follow!!
 
While the anticipation mounts, here is a cautionary reminder to hold on and buckle up for the long ride. Some don’t hear until mid to late spring. Some come off the wait list just prior to reporting. While the heart tells you to seek an answer and craves a response, the gears of the armed services remind you to lower your expectations.
Hang in there folks. This is not an instant gratification process nor will the life of service be one of quick answers or guarantees. A wild ride for sure, but worth it.
 
USAFA is transitioning to a new candidate system this year, as USNA did last year. Expect delays, be pleasantly surprised if you don’t encounter them.
It's...challenging, especially from the ALO side.
 
It's...challenging, especially from the ALO side.
I suspect if we put you and the USNA folks who experienced this system transition joy last year in the same room, the mutual war stories would pour forth, with much head-shaking and dark muttering about “camels being the result of a committee formed to design a horse.”
 
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