The 1997 Air Force Falcons football team competed for the United States Air Force Academy in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season.

The team was led by 14th-year head coach Fisher DeBerry and played its home games at Falcon Stadium.

It finished the regular season with a 10–2 record overall and a 6–2 record in Western Athletic Conference games.

The team was selected to play in the Las Vegas Bowl, in which it lost to Oregon.

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