March 18, 2021 Air Force ROTC reduces length of enlisted assignments at detachments Effective March 1, the reduction aligns the tour length with those of other special duty assignments, such as military training instructors and leaders, stateside enlisted professional military education instructors and technical training instructors.
March 15, 2021 Air University hosts events for military educators, highlight student research Air University is hosting events for military education educators to further their professional development and to highlight student academic research.
March 9, 2021 Air University’s Barnes Center phases out eExam for distance learning courses Starting September 1, 2021, currently enrolled students who have not completed their legacy NCOA DL, ALS DL and SNCOA DL courses must enroll in the Barnes Center’s new Canvas-based version.
March 1, 2021 Senior NCOs now part of course designed for leaders to ‘thrive’ in squadron command position Enlisted Airmen now sit as students in a course originally designed to help officers and civilians thrive, and not just survive, in squadron command positions.
Feb. 26, 2021 New chief academic officer to oversee quality education standards Dr. Heidi Ries has been selected as the Air Force Institute of Technology’s chief academic officer, responsible for overseeing and ensuring the highest standards of academic quality in both graduate and professional continuing education instruction and research.
Nov. 16, 2020 SOS’s new curriculum challenges students to ‘know themselves’ first to prevail in GPC Squadron Officer School’s new curriculum challenges students to know themselves first before they can lead Airmen to prevail in “Great Power Competition.”
Sept. 2, 2020 AFROTC expands Gold Bar Recruiter Program to increase diversity in officer corps Forty newly commissioned second lieutenants headed across the country to volunteer for the Gold Bar Recruiting Program after completing a two week course Aug. 18, 2020, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
Aug. 8, 2020 Air University teaches space as a warfighting domain In all levels of professional military education and select professional continuing education curricula, the university will now be presenting space curriculum that is focused on developing joint-minded graduates who are prepared for joint, all-domain conflict, where the space domain is likely to be
July 29, 2020 Community College of the Air Force reveals plans for new degree program The new Associate of Applied Science in Military Technology and Applied Sciences Management degree is a flexible alternative for enlisted personnel serving in Air Force specialties lacking enough formal skills training to meet current degree program requirements, said Dr. Hank Dasinger, the dean of
June 22, 2020 Air Force releases JADO doctrine Annex 3-1, Department of the Air Force role in JADO, builds on the doctrine note signed by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein in March, and the direction to deter and defeat adversaries from the National Defense Strategy.