Feb. 24, 2023 AETC command team spends time with enlisted educators The Air Force’s top education and training leaders reinforced their focus on enlisted education during a visit to Maxwell Air Force Base, Feb. 21-24.
Feb. 23, 2023 Remembering the lost neighborhood of Douglassville at Maxwell Air Force Base Dr. Mehmed Ali, director of Academic Services at Air University, spearheaded the research to highlight Douglassville, Ala., as part of a series of research on forgotten African American communities. This research is a form of historic preservation to protect the legacy of these communities.
Feb. 22, 2023 Nigerian Air Force Visit The commandant of the Nigerian Air Force Air Warfare Centre led a visit to Air University Feb. 8-10, 2023, to learn about its mission and bring back lessons learned and new ways for the Nigerian and U.S. air forces to collaborate.
Feb. 21, 2023 Air University hosts inaugural International Alumni of Distinction Seminar The former international military students, graduates of one or more of Air University’s officer and enlisted professional military education programs, will be attending the Air University International Alumni of Distinction Seminar, March 7-9, 2023.
Feb. 17, 2023 Maxwell welcomes Vietnam War POWs home again 50 years later In 1973, Maxwell welcomed 43 prisoners of war released by North Vietnam following the Paris Peace Accords that ended U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. Operation Homecoming saw the return of a total of 591 POWs to American soil from Feb. 14-April 1, 1973.
Feb. 16, 2023 AETC’s newest chiefs locked on readiness, competition at AU The Combat Air Forces chair at Air University and faculty member at Air War College, Col. Scott Hoffman, briefed Air Education and Training Command’s 51 new chiefs on “Re-Orienting for Competition or Conflict with Great Powers,” Feb. 13, 2023.
Feb. 10, 2023 Air Force revamps cyberspace, information operations doctrine The LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education at Air University recently released two updated Air Force doctrine publications, AFDP 3-12 Cyberspace Operations and AFDP 3-13 Information in Air Force Operations
Feb. 10, 2023 Minuteman III test launch showcases readiness of U.S. nuclear force's safe, effective deterrent A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen launched an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with a test reentry vehicle at 11:01 p.m. Pacific Time Feb. 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California. This test launch is part of routine and periodic activities