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  • Maxwell's VirtuSpheres only ones in Air Force

    The Squadron Officer College has taken virtual reality to a whole new level. Two VirtuSphere locomotive simulators have been installed and are being tested for applications in educating Airmen.The VirtuSphere, developed by brothers Ray and Nurulla Latypov, is a new simulation platform for engaging

  • SOC commander takes helm of Holm Center

    Command of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development has been handed to Col. Roger Watkins by Brig. Gen. Teresa Djuric.Colonel Watkins is no stranger to Maxwell Air Force Base, having graduated from Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War

  • SOC commander takes helm of Holm Center

    Command of the Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accessions and Citizen Development has been handed to Col. Roger Watkins by Brig. Gen. Teresa Djuric.Colonel Watkins is no stranger to Maxwell Air Force Base, having graduated from Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College, and Air War

  • SOS to celebrate 60th anniversary

    Squadron Officer School leadership and personnel are inviting former SOS students and faculty to attend the SOS 60th Anniversary celebration May 6-8 at the Squadron Officer College complex."We have several fun and interesting events planned over the three-day celebration," Col. Michael Pipan, SOS

  • Leadership Development Program available soon to CGOs

    Four graduate-level, distance learning courses originally offered to a small group of active-duty Air Force captains will be available to all active-duty Air Force company grade officers May 3."The Leadership Development Program provides unique developmental opportunities for officers to pursue

  • Squadron Officer College offers new Distance Learning courses next year

    Squadron Officer College will be offering four new distance-learning courses, based on selected competencies from the Air Force Competency List, to company grade officers beginning next year.Dr. Norm Wagner, SOC faculty member and CGO Leadership Development Program coordinator, said basing the

  • QEP results from SACS pleases AU officials

    Results of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools assessment of Air University's Quality Enhancement Plan, titled "Cross-Culture Competent Airmen," are in, and university officials are happy. "The result of the Quality Enhancement Plan review was great news for Air University," said Lt.

  • Squadron Officer College opens new training facility

    Squadron Officer College's Air and Space Basic Course will begin teaching combat skills here, to more than 3,600 new officers annually. The school is scheduled to open a new training facility on base May 1 at 9 a.m. with a combative skills demonstration to follow.Media interested in covering the

  • WASPs reflect on roles as aviation pioneers

    Three members of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs, reminisced about their World War II experiences as part of this year's Squadron Officer College Warrior Symposium series March 26 at Polifka Auditorium. The WASPs were a select group of women pilots who by becoming the first women in

  • New SOS correspondence course hits the street

    The distance learning version of Squadron Officer School has changed. The first major revision of the SOS DL program in more than seven years, the new course recognizes the changes that have taken place in the Air Force and in the field of leadership, as well as advances in online curriculum