Air Force Cadet Benjamin J. Lorber has earned honors with placement on the dean's list at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., for demonstrating excellence in academic studies and maintaining a 3.0 or better grade point average for a semester.

The academy is a four-year military institution of higher learning that provides instruction, education, training and experience in academics, military training, aviation and airmanship programs, physical training, athletic conditioning, and spiritual and ethical development to all cadets. Upon graduating, the cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants whom have acquired the knowledge, character and skills essential to meet the leadership challenges of the 21st century as career officers in the U.S. Air Force.

The cadet has placed on the dean's list for five semesters in the class top ten percent in academic rating, while pursuing a degree in physics at the academy. He is the son of Mike and Robin Lorber of Peachtree City, Ga. and a 2003 graduate of McIntosh High School.