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  • Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright, Acting Secretary of the Air Force Matthew P. Donovan, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein, Air Force Association Chairman of the Board F. Whitten Peters, Col. Stephen Sanders, Air Force JROTC director, and Todd Taylor, Air Force JROTC chief of program development, pose before the Air Force Birthday Dinner in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 18, 2019. Peters presented Air Force JROTC with the AFA Chairman’s Award for Aerospace Education Achievement to recognize the work of 120,000 cadets, more than 1,900 instructors and headquarters staff on promoting and advocating aerospace education and science, technology, engineering and math programs.

    Air Force Junior ROTC wins AFA Chairman’s award

    The Air Force Association recognized Air Force Junior ROTC with the Chairman’s Award for Aerospace Education Achievement during the Air Force Birthday Dinner Sept. 18, 2019, in National Harbor, Maryland.
  • Maj. Frank Zientek, 36th Airlift Squadron chief pilot, greets Joey DeGrella, Yokota High School senior and Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps. class commander, prior to making DeGrella an honorary the Pilot for a Day, Sept. 20, 2019, at Yokota Air Base, Japan

    36AS's Pilot for a Day

    The 36th Airlift Squadron recently rebooted the Pilot for a Day program to inspire the next generation to consider pursuing careers in the world of aviation. The day included a full tour of the squadron, a mission brief, aircrew flight equipment familiarization and culminated in a C-130J Super Hercules flight.
  • A police cruiser and civilian vehicle sit at an intersection following a mass shooting incident in which the civilian driver sustained three gunshot wounds Aug. 31, 2019, in Odessa, Texas. Dr. Nathaniel Ott, an Air Force Reserve instructor in Air University’s LeMay Center Joint Integration directorate, rushed out to the scene after hearing the shots from outside the ER in which he works in his civilian-capacity career. He worked with an officer and paramedic to turn a police cruiser into an impromptu ambulance to transport the victim to a nearby trauma center for treatment.

    Airman saves life in Odessa, Texas, amidst mass shooting

    An Air Force Reserve member was working in a civilian capacity in Odessa, Texas, on August 31, 2019, and helped provide life-saving first-aid to a woman suffering from three gunshot wounds.
  • Alexandra Aldridge, Air University Library employee, demonstrates one of the digitization methods the library is using to make their resources available DOD-wide, Aug. 22, 2019, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The AUL is currently working on digitizing more than 2,500 linear feet of resources, providing the larger Air Force and DOD communities with access to their research and products regardless of location.

    Air University Library digitizes research, products for remote Air Force, DOD access

    The Air University Library is currently digitizing and cataloging 2,500 linear feet of analog resources to make the entire collection of unclassified AU research and products readily available to the larger Air Force and DOD communities.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Lee Mills, 673rd Air Base Wing command chief from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, tests out virtual reality Aug. 13, 2019, during the Air University wing commander’s orientation on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Just one of the many projects the attendees had the opportunity to learn about was Air University’s application of virtual and mixed-reality as a means of enhancing the training of Airmen.

    Air University orientation gives wing commanders new tools for their tool box

    Air University has been hosting wing commanders from across the Air Force monthly since January, to highlight how the commanders can leverage the university’s capabilities to benefit their Airmen and the Air Force.
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks to Air University faculty Aug. 7, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Goldfein spoke about the importance of education in the military, placing an emphasis on faculty and instructor duty, and responded to questions posed by faculty members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Cox)

    CSAF shares insight, expectations with AU students, faculty

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein visited the main Air University campus Aug. 7, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.The purpose of his visit was to address the students of Air War College and Air Command Staff College as they begin their academic year, as well as speaking with the university’s faculty on development and hear
  • River Region Rocket Day 2019

    Air Force Junior ROTC, CAP cadets launch more than 200 rockets over River Region

    Fifty years ago today, the Saturn V, carrying the Lunar Module “Eagle,” launched out of Kennedy Space Center. It was from this achievement that Neil Armstrong recited his famous line which echoed around the world, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”To commemorate this monumental achievement, the Air Force’s Junior Reserve
  • F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron conduct aerial training.

    AFIT students inform Pentagon energy initiative as part of new course

    As part of a newly offered course at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), a small group of students determined energy-optimized flying conditions for Air Force fighter relocation missions, which are also known as coronets. Their work is helping to inform a Pentagon-led initiative that seeks to increase the efficiency and combat capability of aircraft operations.
  • 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 Instructor of the Year awards for the 2018-2019 academic year. The selection announcement was made June 12, 2019, at Headquarters AFJROTC here.Retired Col. Gina Humble, Baltimore Polytech Institute,
  • 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.
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