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  • Air Force selects 2017 triathlon team

    The Air Force recently selected the 2017 Air Force Triathlon Team that will represent the service at the 2017 Armed Forces Triathlon Championship June 7-11 at Naval Base Ventura County, California.If nominated at the championship, members will advance to compete at the Conseil International du Sport

  • Air University after 70 years

    On March 12, 1946, Maj. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild, the newly selected commander of Air University, formally dedicated Air University at then Maxwell Field. Three years earlier, senior U.S. Army Air Forces leaders with victory in the current war in sight, conceived the idea for a postwar “university of

  • Rock returns to alma mater, commissions future AF leaders

    Living without fear was the central theme as Lt. Gen. Anthony Rock, Secretary of the Air Force Inspector General, spoke to 17 commissioning lieutenants May 12 at the University of Texas San Antonio.Rock, a San Antonio native, graduated from UTSA 35 years ago and joined the Air Force through Officer

  • Air University cancels SOS class 17G

    Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast, commander and president Air University, has announced with immediate effect that Squadron Officers School (SOS) class 17G is cancelled due to a course re-write and imminent decision on curriculum changes.  AU officials ask for patience over the next few days while Air Force

  • Data Analytics can help Air Force become more effective

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Analytics can turn data into valuable information and for some Air Force Institute of Technology faculty, they want to show you just how to do that.       “On the job and at home, people work with data all the time but may not know how to turn it into useful

  • AU hosts annual Senior Enlisted Leadership Summit

    Air Force enlisted leaders gathered at Air University’s Senior Non Commissioned Officer Academy to discuss current issues impacting the Air Force during the Senior Enlisted Leadership Summit, April 18 – 21, 2017.Approximately 350 combatant command, major command and state command chiefs, career

  • Air University cyber team places in Geneva competition

       A team of Air University cyber students placed second in the European leg of the 2017 “Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge” competition co-hosted by the Geneva Centre for Security Policy and the Atlantic Council. Team “Keep Calm and Cyber On” was pitted against 23 teams from Europe, Asia and North

  • Maxwell air show draws record crowd

    Tens of thousands of people from across the River Region and the country had their eyes to the skies at the Maxwell Open House and Air Show April 8-9, 2017.Base officials estimate the two-day crowd to have soared above the 135,000 mark, not surprising since the last air show held at the Montgomery

  • AU inducts 26 alumni to International Honor Roll

    Air University recognized the achievements of 26 alumni with their induction into the International Honor Roll here, April 7, 2017.The International Honor Roll program recognizes international alumni that have achieved a high position of leadership within their own countries as an Air Chief

  • Tuskegee Airman shares legacy at base Air Show

    Lt. Col. James H. Harvey, an original Tuskegee Airman, tells what it take to break barriers at the Maxwell air show, Saturday, April 8, 2017. Harvey was a World War II fighter pilot of the 332nd Fighter Group, the first all-African American squadron.