Attention Future SOS Students: If you are two weeks out from your expected class start date and haven’t received an email from SOS, please reach out to sos.od.studentservices@us.af.mil. NOTE: By default, SOS related correspondence is sent to us.af.mil emails.
Mission: Develop relevant leaders ready for modern conflict through an experiential model focused on planning and executing air power in a joint environment
Vision: Be the center of leadership development for Air Force Captains
Desired End State: Graduate relevant leaders with the skills to thrive in a joint environment and the experience to lead with confidence in crisis.
Formed in 1950, the Squadron Officer School (SOS) program has evolved continuously to meet modern challenges in order to provide relevant professional military education. Today, the Squadron Officer School in-residence program is an immersive educational experience for US Air Force and US Space Force active duty, guard, and reserve captains, civilians, and international officers. The purpose of SOS is to develop solution-minded, bold, and courageous Airmen and Guardians ready to overcome tomorrow's challenges. The course is structured around four areas: Leading, Communicating, Warfighting, and Thinking. Students will engage in classroom and hands-on application events to lead themselves and their team, to foster a strategic and creative mindset, to resolve conflict effectively, to collaboratively solve problems, and to gain foundational knowledge on airpower doctrine, international paradigms, and joint all-domain warfare to learn to lead in uncertain environments.
Click on the link for the SOS calendar FY 26 & FY 27 SOS Course Dates