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Heritage, Innovation, Imagination and Education

Air University hosts AFITC Education and Training Event, focus on multi-domain operations

Air University hosts Air Force IT and Cyberpower Education and Training Event Aug. 26-28, in Montgomery, AL

The Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the Air Force's graduate school of engineering and management as well as its institution for technical professional continuing education. A component of Air University and Air Education and Training Command, AFIT is committed to providing defense-focused graduate and professional continuing education and research to sustain the technological supremacy of America's air, space, and cyber forces. (U.S. Air Force video by Matthew Clouse)

The Air Force Institute of Technology

Defense-Focused Technical Graduate and Continuing Education, Research, and Consultation

Air University is the Air Force's center for military PME. We are a major component of Air Education and Training Command, and the lead agent of Air Force education.

This commercial depicts some of the ways in which Air University paves the way for military innovation.

The Intellectual and Leadership Development Center of the Air Force

Latest News

Jul 12, 2019
Air University elective broadens SOS students’ research experience
A new elective at Squadron Officer School is connecting some of the school’s innovative students with Air University’s vast body of research topics, extensive academic and military networks and expansive repository of information.
Jul 12, 2019
Brown assumes command of Barnes Center for Enlisted Education
Air University and Maxwell Air Force Base welcomed a new commander for Air University’s Barnes Center for Enlisted Education during an assumption of command ceremony July 11, 2019, at Gunter Annex, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Jul 10, 2019
Public education options continue to expand around Air University
Air University and organizations across the River Region have made strides to improve public education options for military-affiliated children.
Jul 9, 2019
Air University hosts AFITC Education and Training Event, focus on multi-domain operations
Senior Air Force leaders and notable industry experts headline the 2019 Air Force IT and Cyberpower

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The Think Tank Elective was introduced at Squadron Officer School in January 2013. The elective was a spin-off of the Critical Analysis assignment, which tasked students to research a strategic level problem (of their choosing) and develop recommendations on how to solve it. The faculty quickly realized that the students were making valid, well thought-out, recommendations to come of the Air Forces's most difficult strategic-level problems. Unfortunately there was no avenue to get these recommendation in front of the senior level decision makers with the capability to affect change...enter the Think Tank.
Think Tank is a SOS elective that tasks its participants to look at a current Air Force issue and make recommendations from a CGO perspective on how to solve it. In-residence students interested in participating in the Think Tank Elective are asked to submit a short paper the second day of class. From these essays, participants are picked based on their critical thought in response to the question and their writing ability. The participants are divided into groups, each with a senior mentor (O-6 or PHD with a background in the selected topic) and a faculty advisor. All groups are then given a problem and tasked to research and make recommendations, with the ultimate goal of briefing their findings/recommendation to the AETC/CC.

Topics addressed by Think Tank and the associated products by the students can be accessed below. If you would like more information on the Think Tank, call the SOC front office DSN 493-1197 or Commercial (334) 953-1197.

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Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton, Commander and President of Air University, the U.S. Air Force's pinnacle institution, speaks about 2019 being focused on enlisted professional development. He provides full-spectrum education, research and outreach at every level through professional military education, professional continuing education and academic degree granting. He leads the intellectual and leadership center of the Air Force, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted and civilian personnel each year. Additionally, he is responsible for officer commissioning through Officer Training School and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

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Lt Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, Commander/President, Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, talks about the Air Force's pinnacle institution. He provides full spectrum education, research, and outreach at every level through professional military education, professional continuing education, and academic degree granting. He leads the intellectual and leadership center of the U.S. Air Force, graduating more than 50,000 resident and 120,000 non-resident officers, enlisted and civilian personnel each year. Additionally, he is responsible for officer commissioning through Officer Training School and the Reserve Officer Training Corps.

The Air Force's Pinnacle Institution

Col. Scott Rizer, Air University's International Officer School director, talks about the importance of building partnerships and critical thinkers. IOS is the university's lead-up course to prepare all international officers for attending Air War College, Air Command and Staff College and Squadron Officer College. Since 1954, over 11,000 international military students from 143 countries have graduated from IOS preparatory courses.

Building Partnerships

Maj. Heidi Jensen, an Air University Fellow, speaks about how her time as an Air University instructor has prepared her to bring a more diverse perspective to her follow on student experience at AU's Air Command and Staff College.

Building Critical Thinkers

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Maj Gen Michael Rothstein, Air University's vice commander, speaks about AU developing thought leaders for the future. Headquartered at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, AU is a major component of Air Education and Training Command and is the lead agent for Air Force education. AU provides the full spectrum of Air Force education, encompassing precommissioning programs for new officers; graduate programs in specialized military disciplines; progressive, career-long professional military development for officer, enlisted, and civilian Airmen; and specialized programs for US cabinet appointees, senior executive service civilians, and general officers.

Creating Thought Leaders

Lt. Col. Craig Dorn, Air University faculty member who specializes in manpower, personnel and services, speaks about the impact of serving at the Air Force's pinnacle institution. Air University's professional military education programs educate students to leverage air, space, and cyberspace power to achieve national security objectives. Specialized professional continuing educational programs provide scientific, technological, managerial, and other professional expertise to meet the needs of the Air Force.

Professional Development

Journals

Strategic Studies Quarterly

Air & Space Power Journal (ASPJ), the US Air Force’s (USAF) professional peer-reviewed journal and the leading forum for airpower thought and dialogue.

Air and Space Power Journal

The Air Force Journal of European, Middle Eastern, and African Affairs, published quarterly, is to be the premier multidisciplinary peer-reviewed Journal cutting across both the social sciences and airpower operational art and strategy.

Journal of European, Middle
Eastern, and African Affairs

The US Air Force Journal of the Americas (JotA) is a forum for the dissemination of original research articles and review articles in numerous areas, refereed by subject-matter experts, of an academic nature, whose mission seeks to stimulate professional dialogue on Air and Space Power among the members of the Armed Forces of the Americas, historians, professors and the general public.

Journal of the Americas

The Air Force Journal of Indo–Pacific Affairs (JIPA) is a professional journal of the US Air Force and a forum for worldwide dialogue regarding the Indo–Pacific region, spanning from the west coasts of the Americas to the eastern shores of Africa and covering much of Asia and all of Oceania.

Journal of Indo-Pacific Affairs

Officer Education

Primary developmental education for Captains and their Department of the Air Force civilians. They are exposed to educational and experiential opportunities that challenge them to become more effective leaders for our Air Force.

Squadron Officer School

ACSC is the Air Force's intermediate level officer PME. Each year it has over 600 majors and major-equivalent civilians from the Air Force, other U.S. services, U.S. government agencies, and over 70 other nations.

Air Command and Staff College

Air Force's senior PME school for officers. Each year over 250 colonels and lieutenant colonels attend - from the Air Force and other U.S. military services, equivalent grade civilians from U.S. government agencies, as well as from 45 other nations.

Air War College

International Officer School is the lead-up course to prepare all international officers for attending Air War College, Air Command and Staff College and Squadron Officer School.

International Officer School

SAASS creates warrior-scholars who have a superior ability to solve complex problems; think critically; develop strategy and policy; and develop, evaluate, and employ airpower as a component of military force in support of national objectives.

School of Advanced Air and Space Studies

The eSchool brings the distance education programs of the Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, and Squadron Officer College together into a cohesive framework delivering the right education to the right person at the right time.

eSchool of Graduate PME

LeMay Center where Air Force doctrine is developed, advocated in exercises and wargames, represented in Joint and Multinational doctrine, and deployed to Airmen through a multifaceted outreach program.

LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education

The Air Force Institute of Technology, or AFIT, is the Air Force's graduate school of engineering and management as well as its institution for technical professional continuing education.

Air Force Institute of Technology

Officer Accessions

Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development

Holm Center for Officer Accessions & Citizen Development

Air Force Officer Training School

Air Force Officer Training School

Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps

Reserve Officer Training Corps

Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

Professional Development

Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development

Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development

Commanders' Professional Development School

Commanders' Professional Development School

Defense Financial Management & Comptroller School

Defense Financial Management & Comptroller School

Force Support Professional Development School

Force Support Professional Development School

Air Force Chaplain Corps College (AFCCC)

Air Force Chaplain Corps College

Academic Centers

Air Force Culture and Language Center

Air Force Culture and Language Center

Air Force Cyber College

Air Force Cyber College

Air Force Negotiation Center

Air Force Negotiation Center

USAF Center for Strategic Deterrence Studies

USAF Center for Strategic Deterrence Studies

USAF Center for Strategic Leadership Communication

USAF Center for Strategic Leadership Communication

USAF Center for Strategy and Technology

USAF Center for Strategy and Technology

Air Force Fellows

Air Force Fellows

Publications and Research

Air University Press

Air University Press

Muir S. Fairchild Research Information Center

Fairchild Research Information Center

China Aerospace Studies Institute

China Aerospace Studies Institute

ISR Research Task Force

ISR Research Task Force

Resources

Help with Student Online-Access

Help with Student Online-Access

Teaching and Learning Center

Teaching and Learning Center

Squadron-Centered Learning

Squadron-Centered Learning

Flight Commander's Edge

Flight Commander's Edge

Maxwell AFB Resources

Telephone Directory

Medical Services

ID Cards

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