# @af_academy on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXPZ65OE0JU - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64270679-af-academy-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/6a2ff67b3f.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-04-17T17:11:52.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** U.S. Air Force Academy (@af_academy) โ€” https://gondola.cc/af_academy ## Caption ๐Ÿ“ฃ ๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ž ๐…๐ซ๐ข๐๐š๐ฒ: ๐‚๐Ÿ๐‚ ๐ˆ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐š โ€œ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ง๐งโ€ ๐Œ๐ข๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ โš”๏ธ Meet C1C Iquinesha โ€œQuinnโ€ Mitchell from Chicago, Illinois! ๐ŸŒ† A Behavioral Sciences major with a Human Factors concentration, Quinn brings a people-first approach to leadership. Quinn is prior enlisted and a former Preppie, continuing a legacy of service as the daughter of a marines. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ After graduation, Quinn will attend pilot training. โœˆ๏ธ ๐Š๐ž๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ: ๐Ÿช– ๐…๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ & ๐๐‚๐“. A demanding start that broke her down and rebuilt her into a stronger future officer ๐Ÿ‰ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐‘๐ฎ๐ ๐›๐ฒ & ๐‚๐š๐๐ž๐ญ ๐‚๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ž. Built connection and learned to lead alongside teammates from all walks of life ๐ŸŽ–๏ธ ๐‚๐š๐๐ž๐ญ ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ. Focused on unifying teams, leading with humility and developing others personally and professionally One of her most rewarding experiences has been serving as a group commander, advocating for her people and ensuring they have what they need to succeed. ๐Ÿ’ช Quinn credits the Academy with building on her prior enlisted foundation and teaching her to control the controllable as she prepares to lead in the usairforce. โ€œ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐š ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฅ๐Ÿ. ๐…๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐จ๐ฌ.โ€ Drop a โœˆ๏ธ to cheer Quinn on! #FirstieFriday #LeadersOfCharacterAndQuality #WarfightersToWin #CriticalThinkersToAdapt #NoQuitAllGrit #USAFA2026 #Preppies4Life #HuskyStrong ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 2,903 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 54 ## Tags preppies4life, usafa2026, firstiefriday, criticalthinkerstoadapt, warfighterstowin, noquitallgrit, leadersofcharacterandquality, huskystrong --- Copyright (c) Gondola