Working the north 40 used to be every kid's summer job.
Family farms are practically museum pieces today, but schools still give students a summer break.
That means summer camps, the summer tourism industry - and kids looking for summer jobs. North Pole is more than just a first job Academy graduates prepare to face future A day before the class of 2001 began its journey through the Air Force Academy, a T-3 Firefly plummeted into the ground east of the base's airfield, killing the officer and cadet on board. It was the third such fatal crash. The T-3 program was later suspended and eventually scrapped. You can browse through several of the spectacular photos taken by Gazette photographer Jay Janner during a recent visit to the remote location.