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  • The Wall Street Journal recently recognized the Air Force Culture and Language Center’s mobile Expeditionary Culture Field Guide as being one of six ‘must-have’ apps for business travelers. The free app is available for Android and iPhone devices. (Courtesy photo)

    WSJ salutes Air Force Culture and Language Center’s mobile field guides, app

    Titled “Six Indispensable Apps for Business Travelers,” a recent Wall Street Journal article describes the Air Force Culture and Language Center’s app as a “must have” for globe-trotters seeking worldly etiquette. Developed by the Air Force Culture and Language Center at Air University, the Expeditionary Culture Field Guide app takes detailed culture and language tips and puts them in the traveler’s pocket.
  • Master Sgt. Lucas Applewhite, 403rd Security Forces Squadron action officer, displays the new 403rd SFS unit patch Nov. 7, 2017 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Heather Heiney)

    Air University squadrons on track to receive squadron patches

    The Air Force’s top leaders have announced that the entire force will be transitioning from the sage green Airman Battle Uniform to the Operational Combat Uniform beginning Oct. 1, 2018, ultimately phasing out the ABU completely by April 2021. The ABU and the OCP have many color differences, resulting in changes and updates for squadron patches to
  • Secretary of the Air Force urges innovation in software acquisition model

    Secretary of the Air Force urges innovation in software acquisition model

    The process used by the Air Force to acquire software is archaic and needs to modernize now if the service is to win in a peer-to-peer conflict, said Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson. The secretary made those observations and gave a glimpse into the future of software acquisition during her keynote presentation Aug. 27 at the Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower Conference in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Operation Tidal Wave: heroic but ineffective

    Operation Tidal Wave: heroic but ineffective

    One of the most heroic air raids occurred 75 years ago during World War II on Aug. 1, 1943.   On that date, 178 B-24 Liberators from five Army Air Forces bomber groups near Benghazi, Libya, conducted a heroic but relatively ineffective low-level raid against the oil refineries around Ploesti, Romania. The second most heavily defended target area
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks to Air Command and Staff College.

    CSAF shares squadron revitalization vision with ACSC

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein visited Air University’s Air Command and Staff College Aug. 27, to set the stage for what the students should focus on during the academic year.Goldfein spoke to more than 640 joint and international majors and government civilians, focusing comments on leadership, command, and squadron vitality
  • The Fall 2018 Air and Space Power Journal, published by Air University Press, is available at https://www.airuniversity.af.mil/ASPJ//. (Courtesy Photo)

    Air University Press releases fall 2018 edition of Air and Space Power Journal

    The Fall 2018 Air and Space Power Journal, published by Air University Press, is available at https://www.airuniversity.af.mil/ASPJ//. The feature “Character into Action” describes how certain traits are transmitted through transformational leadership behavior. “Multidomain Observing and Orienting” discusses a more sophisticated approach to multidomain operations in response to today’s increasingly complex battlespace.
  • Air University Press announces the release of its fall 2018 edition of Strategic Studies Quarterly, an Air Force-sponsored strategic forum on national and international security.(Courtesy Photo)

    Air University Press releases fall 2018 edition of SSQ

    Air University Press announces the release of its fall 2018 edition of Strategic Studies Quarterly, an Air Force-sponsored strategic forum on national and international security.
  • Maxwell AFB, Ala. - Brigadier General Christopher J. Niemi, commander of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development makes remarks during his change of command ceremony, August 23, 2018. As head of the Air Force’s largest officer accessioning source, Niemi leads more than 3,200 Airmen and is responsible for the training and development of 163,000 cadets at 2,140 global locations. (US Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)

    Brig. Gen. Niemi takes command of the Holm Center

    Brigadier General Christopher J. Niemi took command of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development in a ceremony officiated by Lt. Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, commander and president of Air University, August 23 at the Maxwell Club on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. As head of the Air Force’s largest officer accessioning source, Niemi leads more than 3,200 Airmen and is responsible for the training and development of 163,000 cadets at 2,140 global locations.
  • Air University Press announces the release of the Fall 2018 edition of Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ)–Africa & Francophonie, a forum for the dissemination of original research ideas.

    Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ)–Africa & Francophonie

    Air University Press announces the release of the Fall 2018 edition of Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ)–Africa & Francophonie, a forum for the dissemination of original research ideas.
  • CMSAF meets with international senior enlisted leaders during bi-annual summit

    CMSAF meets with international senior enlisted leaders during bi-annual summit

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright hosted senior enlisted leaders from more than 30 nations for the 2018 Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit, Aug. 13-17, on Maxwell’s Gunter-Annex.
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