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July 22, 2020
Registration is Open for AFITC 2020

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, plans are continuing to move forward for the annual Air Force Information Technology and Cyberpower conference and training event, which is scheduled for August 24 – 27, in a completely virtual environment.Registration is now open for the four-day virtual event that
July 19, 2020
“Real Talk – Race and Diversity in the Air Force” to air July 24, 5 p.m. on AETC Facebook

The first episode of “Real Talk – Race and Diversity in the Air Force” will air live July 24 beginning at 5 p.m. central time on the AETC Facebook page, hosted by Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of AETC, with Maj. Dan Walker, an instructor pilot from the 435th Flying Training Squadron.
July 16, 2020
Air Force ROTC opens summer field training despite COVID-19 pandemic

Air University is hosting more than 1,100 Air Force ROTC cadets from universities around the country this summer for their required field training despite the coronavirus pandemic.That number is less than half the number of cadets that would normally show up for field training in a non-pandemic
July 16, 2020
AFIT students develop dashboard to track COVID-19 cases around military installations

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Students at the Air Force Institute of Technology rapidly developed a predictive modeling app called COVID-19 Health Assessment Dashboard (CHAD) to provide a centralized location for Air Force leadership to receive up-to-date pandemic information specifically
July 14, 2020
Air University’s Barnes Center releases new NCO DLC

The Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education has released a transformed NCO Distance Learning Course (NCO DLC).
July 7, 2020
Air University Press releases summer ASPJ

The Summer 2020 Air and Space Power Journal, published by Air University Press, is available at https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/ASPJ/.
July 1, 2020
42nd MDG welcomes new commander

After serving two years as the 42nd MDG commander, Col. Jeanette Frantel is moving on to her next assignment at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
June 30, 2020
Air Force announces Information Technology & Cyberpower Conference 2020

The annual conference promotes dialogue between the Air Force, industry and academia to generate strategies and processes to leverage capabilities and overcome challenges in an increasingly digital world.
June 30, 2020
AFRL Aerospace Systems Directorate faculty earns SE&TM award at AFMC level

Lt. Col. Jay Rutledge, an associate professor and senior military faculty member at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT), performing a year-long sabbatical in the directorate, earned the award in the Science and Engineering Educator category and will now compete for the award at the Air
June 26, 2020
Marine Commander’s Perspective on an AFIT Education

United States Marine Corps Lt. Col. James C. Paxton III is currently serving as the commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (nicknamed the “Guardians”) in Yuma, Arizona. He is a naval aviator who flew F/A-18C and KC-130J aircraft, and now flies the

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