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  • Teri French official portrait.

    Instructor Earns AETC Outstanding Civilian Airman Of The Year Award

    In 2020, French taught 134 lessons and delivered 243 hours of instruction to 1,800 civil engineers in project programming, financial management, and realty management. During this time, she also served as a Department of Defense-level subject matter expert, providing 45 hours of consulting services on a variety of civil engineering topics and informed Air Force-wide policy updates.
  • Among many-many wonderful things to include its beautiful Cherry Blossoms, Japan can now be known for the driven and intelligent cadets of Misawa’s JA-931. The 19 pictured here were recognized for academic excellence in the 3rd quarter by Robert D. Edgren High School, and four of them are 8th graders!

    Majority of Misawa’s AFJROTC Cadets make the grade

    Moreover, Edgren’s AFJROTC was one of a 10-unit test program to incorporate 8th graders in the almost 900 unit worldwide AFJROTC enterprise, and their instructor colonel could not be prouder.
  • Col. Eries Mentzer, 42nd Air Base Wing Commander, attends a tour of Maxwell Elementary and Middle School led by Jamie Pittman, Principal of Maxwell Elementary and Middle School, April 27, 2021. The school provides educational opportunities to residents of Hunt Military Communities Housing and Maxwell Air Force Base FamCamp.

    The Freedom to Serve - Military Children Rising to their Best at Maxwell Air Force Base & Gunter Annex

    As a mom of a military child, one of the most important factors in my relocation and retention decision is access to high-quality public schools for my son. Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex is one of those locations where my son can rise to his best, so I can rise to my best, free from concerns about the quality of his education.
  • Mr. Chris Lomanno, research engineer, discusses AFIT’s vibration table with Brig. Gen. Linell Letendre, dean of faculty, USAFA. AFIT’s Center for Space Research and Assurance focuses on the evolution of defense and intelligence missions in space.

    USAFA Leaders Visit AFIT

    Key academic leadership from the U.S. Air Force Academy met with Air Force Institute of Technology leaders, faculty, and students during a visit to campus on 29 March.
  • Active duty Air Force officers and enlisted personnel interested in becoming rated officers have until May 25, 2021 to apply for the Fall 2021 Rated Preparatory Program that is schedule to be held Sept. 11-25, 2020.

    Rated Preparatory Program now accepting applications for FY21 Fall class

    Active duty Air Force officers and enlisted personnel interested in becoming rated officers have until May 25, 2021 to apply for the Fall 2021 Rated Preparatory Program that is scheduled to be held Sept. 11-25, 2021.

  • Air Force rewrites basic doctrine, focuses on mission command, airpower evolution

    Core themes to the revised Air Force Doctrine Publication-1: The Air Force are the foundation and evolution of airpower and the concept of mission command.
  • The Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Air Force Institute of Technology established the Homeland Security Community of Best Practices

    AFIT establishes Homeland Security Community of Best Practices

    The Department of Homeland Security in partnership with the Air Force Institute of Technology established the Homeland Security Community of Best Practices, 1 October 2020.
  • During a virtual ceremony on Feb. 25, Dr. Todd Stewart, Air Force Institute of Technology director and chancellor presented the 2019 Air Force Association Wright Memorial Chapter awards to four AFIT faculty members including Maj. James Bevins. The awards recognize faculty who advance aerospace power and technology through innovative efforts in education and research.

    AFIT Faculty Receive AFA Sponsored Awards

    During a virtual ceremony on Feb. 25, four Air Force Institute of Technology faculty members received awards sponsored by the Wright Memorial Chapter 212 of the Air Force Association.
  • The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Master’s of Science Astronautical Engineering civilian student, Mr. Nathan Boone’s “Cislunar Debris Propagation Following a Catastrophic Spacecraft Mishap,” was chosen as the 2021 AIAA Survivability “Best Professional Paper” award recipient. The image above is a simulation of debris from a spacecraft on a trajectory similar to the Apollo 13 spacecraft when it suffered its explosion on the way to the Moon. This data gives an idea of what may have happened to the debris following the Apollo 13 incident. Debris intersects much lower Earth orbital altitudes like lower earth orbit and geostationary equatorial orbit.

    Astronautical Engineering Student Wins “Best Professional Paper” Award

    The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Master’s of Science in Astronautical Engineering civilian student, Mr. Nathan Boone was chosen as the 2021 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics “Survivability Best Professional Paper” award recipient. The AIAA Forum and Exposition is the largest event for aerospace research, development and technology in the world.
  • Graphic displaying the covers of four spring 2021 journals released by Air University Press.

    AU Press releases four spring 2021 journals

    The journals include perspectives from U.S. senior-level military members and government civilians, peers and scholars and global perspectives from our neighboring Central and South Americans and, the newest offering, from the Indo-Pacific.
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