News - Tag Air Force Institute of Technology

June 26, 2020
Marine Commander’s Perspective on an AFIT Education

United States Marine Corps Lt. Col. James C. Paxton III is currently serving as the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (nicknamed the “Guardians”) in Yuma, Arizona. He is a naval aviator who flew F/A-18C and KC-130J aircraft, and now flies the
June 12, 2020
AFIT’s CSRA achieves historic milestones with DL classes, international student internship during COVID-19 constraints

One immediate challenge was switching all in-person classes to distance learning; something that has never been implemented before in the history of the Center.
July 25, 2019
AFIT research project evolves into innovative training

To have an agile Air Force, Airmen readiness is paramount and a new revolutionary education hub that can deliver the most current, relevant and interactive training just might be the way of the future for the warfighter. “Created as a research project at the Air Force Institute of Technology, the
June 27, 2019
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
April 18, 2019
AFIT Hosts Multi-Domain Operations Joint Working Group

The Air Force Institute of Technology’s School of Strategic Force Studies hosted a Multi-Domain Operations Joint Working Group at AFIT on April 11 and 12.
March 1, 2019
Breaking the AFIT paradigm with the School of Strategic Force Studies

The School of Strategic Force Studies was established at the Air Force Institute of Technology in 2016 through a realignment of two existing Air University units: The Air Force Nuclear College, located at Kirtland AFB, NM and The National Security Space Institute, located at Peterson AFB, CO.
Feb. 11, 2019
AFIT participating in MIT leadership pilot program

The Air Force Institute of Technology will participate in a pilot test of Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s new Leadership Academy for Scientists, Engineers, and Researchers (LASER) program. This new program targets early-career scientists, engineers, and researchers teaching them to break
Feb. 7, 2019
Graduate School selects first permanent senior military faculty member

Lt. Col. James Rutledge, Ph.D., P.E. is AFIT’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management’s first permanent senior military faculty member. In this role, he can remain in the position as an active duty lieutenant colonel until he separates, retires, or makes full colonel. “This is the best