Photo essay: Air Force Academy's Class of 2011 Published May 26, 2011 By Bill Evans U.S. Air Force Academy Public Affairs COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AFNS) -- Newly commissioned second lieutenants celebrate at the end of the Air Force Academy's Class of 2011 graduation ceremony here May 25. The Class of 2011 is the Academy's 53rd graduating class. (Ray McCoy and Mike Kaplan contributed to this story.) View the slideshow.