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Sept. 30, 2025
Former CSAF and SECAF visit Maxwell to share four decades of lessons learned

Retired Gen. David Goldfein, former Air Force Chief of Staff, and former Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson hosted a fireside chat for base personnel to discuss their book “Get Back Up: Lessons in Servant Leadership” at the Squadron Officer School Sept. 29.
Sept. 10, 2025
Air Force leaders discuss enlisted force development

Air Force leaders came together at the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, Maxwell Air Force Base, Gunter Annex, Ala., for the Enlisted Professional Military Education Biennial Review and the Enlisted Force Development Panel, Sept. 8-9. The Biennial Review board convenes no less than
Aug. 21, 2025
Mathies NCOA instructor named Outstanding Airman of the Year

For Master Sgt. Ryan Girard, a civil engineer Airman turned professional military education instructor, the thought of being named Outstanding Airman of the Year never crossed his mind.
July 15, 2025
Barnes Center welcomes new commander

Col. Stephanie Q. Wilson took command of the Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education during an Assumption of Command ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, July 14, 2025.
June 24, 2025
Chief course returns with warfighter emphasis

The Chief Leadership Academy welcomed 34 students to the facilitated distance learning portion of the new Chief Leadership Course, June 16, 2025, after a nine-month course pause for curriculum refinement.
June 12, 2025
Barnes Center’s Foundations receives prestige education achievement award

The Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education’s Foundations Force Development Section received the 2024 General Muir S. Fairchild Educational Achievement Award during a ceremony on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, June 11, 2025.
May 20, 2025
SECAF Presents 2024 leadership awards to Air University faculty, staff and students

Edwin H. Oshiba, Performing the Duties of Under Secretary of the Air Force, Department of the Air Force, presented leadership awards to several Air University staff, faculty and students during a presentation ceremony May 6, 2025.
May 9, 2025
Barnes Center brings enlisted PME to AU campus

The headquarters for Air Force enlisted professional military education is now on Air University’s Chennault Circle, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
March 10, 2025
Leading with heart: Top 3 Performer of the Month

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Grant Schneider, Community College of the Air Force non-commissioned officer in charge of Aviation Maintenance Technology degrees program, is named a Top 3 Outstanding Performer of the Month.
Feb. 6, 2025
21st Century Warfighter

To prepare Airmen for future conflict, they are being trained and equipped with the tools needed to adapt and react to any and all threats they may face. Col. Robert O'Keefe, the commander of the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, and Bridget Bruhn, the command chief of the Thomas N. Barnes

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