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June 10, 2019
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.
June 7, 2019
SOS students pitch ideas to solve Air Force issues using Artificial Intelligence

Air University’s Squadron Officer School students pitched their initial ideas on how to better certain processes within the Air Force to the school’s commandant, Col. Wayne Straw and a panel of subject matter experts, May 31, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
June 4, 2019
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.
June 3, 2019
Air University Press releases summer 2019 edition of SSQ

Air University Press just released the summer 2019 edition of Strategic Studies Quarterly, available at https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/SSQ/.
May 30, 2019
2019 Secretary of the Air Force Awards

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Lt. Gen. Anthony Cotton, Air University commander and president, both center, stand with recipients of the 2019 Secretary of the Air Force Leadership Award May 14, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Secretary Wilson met with the recipients during
May 29, 2019
Key to success: Allied airpower at Normandy

On June 6, 1944, nearly 160,000 Allied soldiers from 16 nations stormed ashore onto Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches along a 50-mile stretch of France’s heavily fortified Normandy Peninsula. For months, the Allies had planned this major joint, combined operation, codenamed Overlord, the
May 17, 2019
SecAF, CSAF visit AU for 66th annual National Security Forum

The NSF is designed to inform community influencers on Air University and the Air Force’s current and future objectives as well as plans for enhancing national security, and is hosted by Air War College on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force.
May 17, 2019
A New Home for One of the Brave

In the early 2000s, escalating tensions in Iraq caused severe damage to the region. Many Iraqi citizens fled the country’s borders, fearing for their lives under Saddam Hussein’s rule. It’s doubtful too many had hopes of one day becoming an American, and even fewer, an American Airman.
May 9, 2019
Barnes Center rolls out new ALS curriculum

When pencils go down and scores go up, senior airmen across the Air Force check to see their line number. Out of thousands, a name they recognize as their own shows up and, when the dust they kicked up from clicking their heels finally settles, a unit first sergeant, commander or supervisor lets
May 3, 2019
AU students produce research on innovative leadership

Two Air University students attending separate courses presented new research on how change is influenced and promoted within the Air Force.

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