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Retired Col. Frank Borman receives his doctoral hood Saturday at the USAF Test Pilot School graduation ceremony as the second Air University honorary degree recipient presented by Lt. Gen. Allen G. Peck, the Air University commander. Colonel Borman, the "dean of astronauts" led the Apollo 8 mission as the first spacecraft to circle the moon. He was also a distinguished alumnus and former instructor at TPS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Melissa Copeland)


Air University honors former astronaut with honorary degree

Retired Col. Frank Borman receives his doctoral hood Saturday at the USAF Test Pilot School graduation ceremony as the second Air University honorary degree recipient presented by Lt. Gen. Allen G. Peck, the Air University commander. Colonel Borman, the "dean of astronauts" led the Apollo 8 mission as the first spacecraft to circle the moon. He was also a distinguished alumnus and former instructor at TPS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Melissa Copeland)

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Lt. Col. Brian Beckno, an Army instructor at Air University’s Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, accepts the 2014 Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence in Maintenance Training, Advice and Assistance of Foreign Security Forces (Ministerial Category) on behalf of the men and women he led as commander of 2nd Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, or Task Force Catamount. Task Force Catamount earned the award for their work with the Afghan National Army’s 4th Brigade, 203rd Corps last year. (Air Force Photo by Master Sgt. David Maxwell, 117th Air Refueling Wing/Cleared)
The Secretary of the Air Force, the Honorable Michael Donley, presents the Distinguished Public Service Award to Dr. Jack Hawkins in a ceremony held at the Pentagon on Sept. 6. Dr. Hawkins is the former chair of the Air University Board of Visitors. (Photo by Michael J. Pausic)
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley delivers remarks during a ceremony to award four Airmen with the 2012 Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award May 11, 2012, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The award is the Air Force’s most prestigious award for leadership in the professional military education environment. (Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers-Cox)
(From left to right) Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley presents the 2012 Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award to Air War College student Col. David Lowthian, Royal Canadian Air Force, while Lt. Gen. David Fadok, president and commander of the Air University, looks on during a ceremony May 11, 2012, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. Lowthian was the first Air University international student to receive the award, which is the Air Force’s most prestigious award for leadership in the professional military education environment. In addition to Lowthian, Donley presented the award to three other Airmen attending Air Command and Staff College, Squadron Officer School, and the Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, respectively. (Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers-Cox)
Senior Master Sgt. David Scott holds a brick from the Mt. Gilead Primitive Baptist Church in Eclectic, which was destroyed by a tornado April 27. Scott’s students at the First Sergeant Academy presented him with the brick after he organized a volunteer clean-up campaign. This effort was one of several reasons he was awarded the 2012 National Public Service Award at the Air Education and Training Command level. (Air Force photo/Kelly Deichert)
The medallion of the Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger Team Award includes a likeness of Chief Etchberger as well as the site of his heroic action, Lima Site 85. (Air Force photo/Melanie Rodgers Cox)
Air University commander Lt. Gen. Allen G. Peck addresses the audience during a ceremony honoring ROTC cadet Jason B. Gabriel, who received a Cadet Research Award for his work on orbital mechanics. (U.S. Air Force/Melanie Rodgers Cox)
Air University commander Lt. Gen. Allen Peck spoke to this year’s Blue Dart Award winners at an award presentation May 24. The annual awards are given out to Air War College students and faculty for their opposite-the-editorial-page writings. (U.S. Air Force/Bennett Rock)
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Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley was at Maxwell May 21 to present his office’s annual leadership awards to four outstanding Air University students. The winners of the 2010 Secretary of the Air Force Leadership awards are: Col. Robert Campbell, Air War College; Maj. Travis Edwards, Air Command and Staff College; Capt. Max Johnson, Squadron Officer School; Master Sgt. Paul Martin, Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy. Pictured from left to right, are: Secretary Donley, Colonel Campbell, Major Edwards, Captain Johnson, Sergeant Martin and Air University Commander Lt. Gen. Allen Peck. (U.S. Air Force/Melanie Rodgers Cox)
Brenda Hartley, University Inn lead front desk clerk, and Beannye Butts, front desk manager, hand Master Sgt. Glenn Clark his room key on Tuesday. The University Inn, part of the 42nd Force Support Squadron, won the Large Base Category 2010 Air Education and Training Command’s Innkeeper Award. University Inn provides Five-Diamond service to more than 55,000 guests annually and maintains about 2,300 rooms. University Inn achieved an overall accreditation score of 96.8 percent, the highest in the cycle, and a 97-percent customer satisfaction rating in 2009.(U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Eric Donner)