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  • Retired Senior Master Sgt. James Core III, an Air Force Junior ROTC instructor at Cypress Ridge High School, Houston, Texas, assists new instructors, June 20, during the Air Force Junior ROTC Instructor Certification Course held at the Air Force Senior NCO Academy at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, June 12-21, 2019. Core was named the 2019 Air Force Junior ROTC Instructor of the Year, Aerospace Science Instructor category. (U.S. Air Force photo by William Birchfield)

    Air Force announces Junior ROTC instructors of the year

    The Air Force recognized the performance of two of the best instructors in its citizen development program by awarding them Air Force Junior ROTC

  • SNCOs: Mentor Future Commanders!

    “More is caught, than taught.” This common colloquialism rings true for individual development. Regardless of your tenure in the Top 3, if you have just sewn on master sergeant, or are a chief master sergeant hitting high year tenure, senior NCOs shape tomorrow’s joint leaders. We set the example for what we want to see in emerging leaders and provide the template with our actions.
  • Air University’s Communications Directorate, or AU/A6, recently implemented the Canvas learning management system into all Air University schools as a way to increase both student and teacher workflows as well as phasing out their previous LMS, Blackboard. Looking forward, the AU/A6 team said they will continue to provide agile and secure enterprise technology solutions to advance AU’s ability to develop total force Airmen.

    Air University phases out Blackboard with new learning management system

    The Air University Communications Directorate has been hard at work over the past 21 months implementing the Canvas learning management system into all Air University schools to improve student and teacher workflows and the gradual phasing out of its old LMS, Blackboard.
  • Retired Col. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris, and his wife, speak with Air Command and Staff College students, May 29, 2019, during the 38th annual Gathering of Eagles at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Harris was selected as an Eagle for his acts of leadership and courage during his time as a POW in Vietnam, where he introduced the tap code as a means for prisoners to communicate.

    Aviation legends visit AU for 38th annual Gathering of Eagles

    The annual ACSC capstone event invites aviation legends to AU to engage in community outreach opportunities and make military heritage come alive for ACSC students and faculty.
  • Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David Goldfein speaks to participants of the 66th annual National Security Forum May 16, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Hosted by Air University’s Air War College on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, NSF enables the sharing of perspectives between civic leaders, senior military officers and experienced government civilians on leadership, strategy, national security and more.

    SecAF, CSAF visit AU for 66th annual National Security Forum

    The NSF is designed to inform community influencers on Air University and the Air Force’s current and future objectives as well as plans for enhancing national security, and is hosted by Air War College on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force.
  • Major Gen. Michael Rothstein, Air University vice commander and commander Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, welcomes recently selected Air University Fellows at the start of a briefing about the program, April 17, 2019, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Under the AU Fellows Program, high-performing officers earn the opportunity to serve as faculty members before entering or after completing in-resident Air Command and Staff College.

    Air University Fellows Program offers two-year developmental opportunity for officers as students, faculty

    As the U.S. Air Force’s pinnacle institution, Air University leverages select Airmen for a two-year developmental opportunity on campus as part of the AU Fellows program.
  • U.S. Air Force Academy and Air University shields.

    Flagships of education

    For current or future Air Force commissioned officers, two names represent the pinnacle of education within the force. While these flagship institutions have, up to now, worked mostly independent of one another, Air University and the U.S. Air Force Academy have come together to formally synchronize their efforts for producing future leaders for the service.
  • Airey NCOA moves to Maxwell awaiting Tyndall reconstruction

    Airey NCOA moves to Maxwell awaiting Tyndall reconstruction

    In late 2018, Tyndall Air Force Base sustained severe damage from Hurricane Michael, affecting nearly every building and mission on the installation. Among those impacted by the storm, the Airey Noncommissioned Officer Academy faced the loss of their learning environment.
  • EDTF starts at Air University

    EDTF starts at Air University

    The Electromagnetic Defense Task Force Summit 2.0 kicked off April 29, at the Air University, bringing more than 300 military and civilian leaders from NATO and across the nation to look at threats and responses to challenges in the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • SANDS students visit Europe, gain new perspectives

    SANDS students visit Europe, gain new perspectives

    Students from Air University’s School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies met with European allies last month to gain new perspectives and alternative views on how different parts of the world define nuclear deterrence.
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