July 6, 2023 LEAP to FAO Spotlight: Lt. Col. Michael Ball "I owe the last six years and all my future career success to LEAP. Without LEAP, I would not be here today, building global relationships with 80 countries as a Division Chief at the International Officer School at Maxwell AFB, AL, and future FAO challenges I hope to meet as well," LEAP Scholar Lt.
June 27, 2023 Language-enabled Airmen strengthen commitment to regional Allies Two Japanese Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars worked alongside U.S. Air Force airfield experts to advance a free and open Indo-Pacific through the exchange of skills with the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and Royal Australian Air Force partners during Exercise Cope North 2023 (CN23), which
June 7, 2023 Agile combat employment course prepares Airmen for strategic engagements in Indo-Pacific The Air Force Culture and Language Center has partnered with the Air Force Special Operations School and the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center on an innovative agile combat employment course. The most recent course focused on U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and taught in the Tagalog
April 4, 2023 USAFSOS Partners to Forge Multi-Capable Airmen for ACE The United States Air Force Special Operations School, Defense Language Institute, and Air Force Culture and Language Center recently combined efforts to create an advanced course focused on preparing multi-capable Language Enabled Airmen Program (LEAP) scholars for Agile Combat Employment, or ACE.
Sept. 27, 2022 AFCLC and Squadron Officer School Establish First Formal Active-Duty Record for Cadet Language Events The Air Force Culture and Language Center partnered with the Squadron Officer School at Air University to establish the first process to formally recognize pre-commissioning language events for cadets from the United States Air Force Academy and Air Force ROTC in an official United States Air Force
Aug. 16, 2022 AFCLC: Using Language, Regional Expertise, and Culture to Change the World The Air Force Culture and Language Center was officially born to fulfill a vision of a successful marriage of culture education and language training to deliberately develop within the General Purpose Force self-motivated, cross-culturally competent, and language-enabled service members with
Aug. 2, 2022 AFCLC Partners with Alabama-Korea Education and Economic Partnership for Immersion Camp The Air Force Culture and Language Center recently partnered with the Alabama-Korea Education and Economic Partnership for its summer Korean immersion camp hosted at Pike Road Intermediate School from July 3-22, 2022.
June 28, 2022 AFCLC Consultant Spotlight: Dr. Dan Uribe After a 34-year career serving in the United States Air Force, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Dan Uribe recently retired and brought his knowledge, experience, and expertise to the Air Force Culture and Language Center as a consultant focused on the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility.
May 3, 2022 LEAP Scholars Represent 72% of 2022 FAO Selects The 16F/16Z Development Team boarded and selected 39 officers for deliberate development and re-core as FAOs. Of the 39 selectees, 28 are LEAP Scholars, a 72% selection rate from LEAP.
April 21, 2022 AFCLC’s Russia Expeditionary Culture Field Guide Available Now on the Mobile App The Air Force Culture and Language Center’s Russia Expeditionary Culture Field Guide is now available on its free Culture Guide mobile app, untethered from government IT platforms. The mobile app and its many educational features coincide with AFCLC’s vision to lead the U.S. Air Force in building a
