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  • Matthew Donovan, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, speaks to officer trainees in the Officer Training School auditorium.

    Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, former OTS commander visits campus

    Matthew Donovan, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, addresses officer trainees at Officer Training School during his visit to Air
  • Officer Training School conducts COVID-19 testing May 19, 2020, during in-processing of class 20-06. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)

    OTS conducts COVID-19 testing during in-processing

    Officer Training School conducts COVID-19 testing May 19, 2020, during in-processing of class 20-06. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trey Ward)
  • Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Civilian Development's Officer Training School

    Officer Training School suspends public attendance for upcoming graduation

    Air University’s Officer Training School has suspended guest presence at the awards ceremony and graduation parade this week out of caution to minimize potential spread of COVID-19. The Department of Defense and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend implementing social distancing measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, and minimizing large gatherings.
  • Maj. Gen. Mark Weatherington, Air Education and Training Command deputy commander, presents 2nd Lt. Kristen Savage with her pilot’s wings during a dual commissioning and “winging” ceremony Dec. 19, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Savage was a student pilot who graduated PTN version 2, an Air Education and Training Command program to explore what is possible in training with the use of innovative technology and how it can be applied to not only pilot training but also to training across AETC. She earned her wings, but couldn’t wear them until she commissioned. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Quay Drawdy)

    Airmen trade blue stripes for gold bars, silver wings

    Few things tell an Airman it’s time for a fresh uniform quite like swapping enlisted stripes for second lieutenant’s rank. For a pair of former airmen first class, now second lieutenants, their gold bars come with silver pilots’ wings.
  • The Air Force’s newest commissioned officers a part of Officer Training School class 19-07 throw their flight caps in the air following their graduation ceremony Sept. 27, 2019, in Montgomery, Alabama. Officer Training School’s class 19-07, or also known as “Godzilla Class” is the school’s largest class in history and pushed OTS to its maximum capacity

    Air University’s “Godzilla” class graduates OTS

    Air University’s Officer Training School class 19-07 has run its course, boosting the number of Air Force commissioned officers by 651 after the graduation parade Sept. 27, 2019, in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • An officer trainee puts his flight’s newly earned pennant on their guide-on, Aug. 9, 2019, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The pennant ceremony marked the end of the classes second week of training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Charles Welty)

    Record Breaking OTS "Godzilla Class" complete Pennant evaluation

    An Officer Training School trainee affixes his flight’s newly earned pennant onto their guide-on, Aug. 9, 2019, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
  • Officer Training School Military Training Instructors watch as the newest OTS students arrive on campus, June 28, 2017, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. During the first day of training the students are sorted into their flights and taught basic military drill movement, from there they proceed to in-processing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexa Culbert)

    OTS prepares for the arrival of “Godzilla” class

    This past March, Air University’s Officer Training School celebrated the graduation of its largest class in school history: 340 officer trainees. Just
  • Capt. Aljammaly stands with teammates in Iraq. Aljammaly direct commissioned into the Air Force in 2015.

    A New Home for One of the Brave

    In the early 2000s, escalating tensions in Iraq caused severe damage to the region. Many Iraqi citizens fled the country’s borders, fearing for their lives under Saddam Hussein’s rule. It’s doubtful too many had hopes of one day becoming an American, and even fewer, an American Airman.
  • VCSAF speaks with OTS staff, instructors

    VCSAF speaks with OTS staff, instructors

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Stephen Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, speaks with Officer Training School instructors about the Officer Instructor
  • Air Force Officer Training School officer trainees salute during the ceremonial playing of ‘Ruffles and Flourishes,’ March 15, 2019, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. This graduating class of officers is the largest ever and one of the first under the new consolidated OTS training program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Matthew Markivee)

    Air Force OTS graduates largest class in school history

    Air University’s Air Force Officer Training School graduated its largest class ever as more than 340 new officers tossed their hats into the air March 15, 2019, celebrating their completion of the program. The increased size of the class was a result of a paradigm shift the schoolhouse implemented at the beginning of 2018, pivoting away from separate programs for line and non-line officers and conducting merged classes.
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