 Oh, by the way, today is the first class of 306 cadets was sworn in at Lowry Air Force Base, Denver, Colorado, the temporary home of the U.S. Air Force Academy. A bill establishing the academy had been signed by President Ike Eisenhower on April 1, 1954, and the cadet wing moved to the academy's permanent home north of Colorado Springs in 1958. Up in the air, Junior Birdman! Up in the air! Up in the air!