--- title: "Air Force Academy cadet found dead Thursday morning, investigation underway" description: "The death was not COVID-19 related, and foul play is not suspected, said an Air Force Academy spokeswoman." date: "2020-03-27" modified: "2020-03-27" authors: - name: "David Roza" job_title: "YouTube Writer/Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/david-roza/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-academy-cadet-found-dead/" categories: - "Air Force" - "Around the World" - "Military Branches" - "News" - "United States" tags: - "Northern Command" --- # Air Force Academy cadet found dead Thursday morning, investigation underway ![]() The Air Force is investigating the death of an Air Force Academy cadet who was found dead on campus Thursday, an academy spokeswoman told Task & Purpose. The cadet was found at around 11 a.m., said Lt. Col. Tracy Bunko, director of public affairs for the academy, in a statement. The death was not COVID-19 related, and foul play is not suspected, she said. The name of the cadet is being withheld until the cadet’s next of kin has been notified. “Our priority is notifying and supporting the cadet’s next of kin and ensuring cadets, faculty and staff are directed to the appropriate helping agencies as needed,” Bunko said. “Academy leaders, the chaplain's office and mental health professionals are providing support and grief counseling to cadets, faculty and staff.” ## Author David Roza writes scripts about military news for the Task & Purpose YouTube channel, and he also writes articles about military pay, benefits, health care, child care, culture, and other personnel topics on a freelance basis. Roza previously covered the Air Force and Space Force for Task & Purpose from 2019 to 2023 and for Air & Space Forces Magazine from 2023 to 2025. In the course of that reporting, he has set off a ‘Hollywood explosion’ with Air Force bomb techs, turned the (unarmed) keys of a nuclear missile bunker, hovered over the Nevada desert on an Air Force rescue helicopter, and got the best sleep of his life on the floor of a C-17 over the central Pacific. Share tips and story ideas with David at [david.roza@teamrecurrent.io]()