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ARMOUR SQUARE — Chicago’s Air Force Academy High School will no longer be affiliated with the U.S. Air Force — and will change its name in the coming year.

The school, which opened in 2009, will instead offer JROTC through the U.S. Army, Chicago Public Schools officials told families in an email Friday.

The school opened in 2009 and was the only wall-to-wall public Air Force Academy high school in the country. It’s been lauded by Mayor Brandon Johnson and is one of six military schools in CPS where participation in JROTC is mandatory. Currently, there are roughly 130 students enrolled, down from more than 300 a decade ago.

The deactivation o

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