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  • Airmen from the 42nd Military Personnel Flight out process Air Command and Staff College students, May 28, 2020, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In order to maintain current safety precautions, the process was modified to allow the students to complete all required paperwork without having to leave their vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Charles Welty)

    42nd MPF maintains safety during ACSC out processing

    Airmen from the 42nd Military Personnel Flight out process Air Command and Staff College students, May 28, 2020, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. In order to maintain current safety precautions, the process was modified to allow the students to complete all required paperwork without having to leave their vehicles. (U.S. Air Force photo by
  • LEDx 3.0, March 5 and 6, 2020.

    Air University hosts LEDx, unique leadership experience event

    Air Command and Staff College at Air University hosts a unique type of leadership event March 5-6, 2020, that perhaps many may have attended similar events at a venue outside the fence, but may have never experienced at a military educational institution.The Leadership Education Development eXperience 3.0, or LEDx 3.0, brings together a diverse and
  • Blue Horizons fellows meet star, producer of documentary

    Blue Horizons fellows meet star, producer of documentary

    Fellows of Air University’s Blue Horizons program took a break from the classroom and visited the Alabama Department of Archives and History August 2, 2019, in Montgomery, Alabama, to watch a documentary and were afforded the opportunity to meet both the star and producer of the film. Blue Horizons is a highly-selective developmental education
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks to Air University faculty Aug. 7, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Goldfein spoke about the importance of education in the military, placing an emphasis on faculty and instructor duty, and responded to questions posed by faculty members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Melanie Cox)

    CSAF shares insight, expectations with AU students, faculty

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein visited the main Air University campus Aug. 7, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.The purpose of his visit was to address the students of Air War College and Air Command Staff College as they begin their academic year, as well as speaking with the university’s faculty on development and hear
  • Air University’s Communications Directorate, or AU/A6, recently implemented the Canvas learning management system into all Air University schools as a way to increase both student and teacher workflows as well as phasing out their previous LMS, Blackboard. Looking forward, the AU/A6 team said they will continue to provide agile and secure enterprise technology solutions to advance AU’s ability to develop total force Airmen.

    Air University phases out Blackboard with new learning management system

    The Air University Communications Directorate has been hard at work over the past 21 months implementing the Canvas learning management system into all Air University schools to improve student and teacher workflows and the gradual phasing out of its old LMS, Blackboard.
  • Retired Col. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris, and his wife, speak with Air Command and Staff College students, May 29, 2019, during the 38th annual Gathering of Eagles at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Harris was selected as an Eagle for his acts of leadership and courage during his time as a POW in Vietnam, where he introduced the tap code as a means for prisoners to communicate.

    Aviation legends visit AU for 38th annual Gathering of Eagles

    The annual ACSC capstone event invites aviation legends to AU to engage in community outreach opportunities and make military heritage come alive for ACSC students and faculty.
  • SANDS students visit Europe, gain new perspectives

    SANDS students visit Europe, gain new perspectives

    Students from Air University’s School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies met with European allies last month to gain new perspectives and alternative views on how different parts of the world define nuclear deterrence.
  • Air University ACSC’s LEDx 2.0 promotes diverse, innovative thinking at all levels of leadership

    Air University’s LEDx 2.0 promotes diverse, innovative thinking at all levels of leadership

    Air University’s Air Command and Staff College Department of Leadership hosted its second annual Leadership Education Development eXperience (LEDx) last week, promoting the theme of “Diversity at the Intersection of Leadership, Strategy and Innovation.”
  • Wright Flyer Paper No. 63, Cognitive Radio Cloud Networks: Assured Access in the Future Electromagnetic Operating Environment

    Air University Press new publication announcement: Wright Flyer Paper No. 63, Cognitive Radio Cloud Networks: Assured Access in the Future Electromagnetic Operating Environment

    Air University Press announces the publication of the latest in the Air Command and Staff College Wright Flyer Paper series, Cognitive Radio Cloud Networks: Assured Access in the Future Electromagnetic Operating Environment.   Maj. Lawrence O. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps, explores cognitive radio cloud networks, or CRCN, as a solution to mitigate the
  • Dr. Melvin Deaile, director of The School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies, teaches a lesson at Air Command and Staff College, September 19, 2018. Deaile is a 2017 Air Education and Training Command Educator of the year, published author, and decorated B-2 pilot. SANDS recently relocated from Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, to Air University’s Air Command and Staff College. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Charles Welty)

    SANDS finds a new home at Air University

    The School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies recently relocated from Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, to Air University’s Air Command and Staff College. SANDS is the Air Force’s premier program on strategic deterrence. The student body consists of tactical nuclear experts from the Air Force, joint and civilian service as well as coalition partners. “The purpose of SANDS is to build a core of Deterrence Operations experts who will serve as key leaders, advocates, and advisors to war fighting commanders,” said Dr. Melvin Deaile, director of SANDS. “They will have direct input and advise key leaders on deterrence options as it deals with national defense.”
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No Sign of Operations Tempo Slowing, National Guard Bureau Chief Says
7/2/2020
Some 120,000 members of the National Guard have responded this year to natural disasters, have participated in global military operations, responded to civil disturbances and responded to COVID-19, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said.
DOD, Base Officials Closely Monitoring COVID-19 Situation
7/2/2020
The assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for military personnel policy and the Washington Headquarters Services director gave a Pentagon briefing on COVID-19 response efforts.
Risk Aversion Impedes Hypersonics Development
6/30/2020
Speeding ahead with the development of hypersonic weapons will require the Defense Department to be far less risk-averse than it is now, DOD's director of defense research and engineering for modernization said.
Missile Defense Chief Looks to Handle Changing Threat
6/30/2020
The Missile Defense Agency is looking to adapt current technologies against the hypersonic threat while looking toward new capabilities.
NATO Chief Talks Nuclear Arms, Burden-sharing, NATO 2030
6/26/2020
NATO welcomes nuclear arms talks between the United States and Russia, but would like China to join the negotiations, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
China Becoming Concern for U.S. Commanders in Europe
6/26/2020
China is actively working in Europe and Africa to subvert the infrastructure that has maintained peace since the end of World War II, the commander of U.S. Naval Forces in Europe and Africa and NATO's Allied Joint Force Command said.