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  • OTS commissions first Space Force officers

    Air University’s Officer Training School commissioned its first two U.S. Space Force officers Oct. 16, 2020, on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.The OTS mission has historically been to properly educate and train Air Force officers to be prepared for the field, that mission has now been expanded to

  • ACSC Schriever Space Scholars expands to meet demand for space studies

    Military members from all branches of service, including the new U.S. Space Force, and international officers from five countries are coming to Air University in Montgomery, Alabama, to study space. Their studies are with the Schriever Space Scholars at Air University’s Air Command and Staff

  • Air University associate professor garners AFA’s Gill Robb Wilson Award

    Dr. Nicholas Sambaluk, Air Command and Staff College associate professor of strategy and director of research at the eSchool of Graduate Professional Military Education, was recently honored by receiving the Air Force Association’s Gill Robb Wilson Award for his work in the humanities. According to

  • Air University officers transfer to U.S. Space Force

    Air University officers raise their right hand and recite the oath of office, officially leaving the Air Force and joining the U.S. Space Force, during a virtual ceremonial swear-in, Oct. 5, 2020, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Col. Niki Lindhorst, Space Chair to Air University, presided over the

  • Air University Press releases Fall 2020 Air and Space Power Journal

    The Fall 2020 Air and Space Power Journal, published by Air University Press, is available at https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/ASPJ/. In this issue: Information Warfare, Cyberspace Objectives, and the U.S. Air Force Establishing a Space Profession within the U.S. Space Force Off the Shelf: The

  • Air University Press release: The Better Mind of Space

    In The Better Mind of Space, Maj. Matthew L. Lohmeier, explores space and space culture from two distinct perspectives: traditional and emergent. The former has shaped the current military space culture.This Air Command and Staff College Wright Flyer series paper was selected for excellence in

  • Air University Press publication looks at warrant officers instructor pilots

    Author, Maj. Aaron Ewing, examines the Air Force’s pilot shortage in Widening the Training Pipeline: Are Warrant Officer Instructor Pilots the Best Solution to Increase Pilot Production?The Air Force is struggling to cope with a worldwide pilot shortage that has left the service over 2,000 pilots

  • SNCOA graduates first Space Force members

    Air University's Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy recently graduated its first Space Force members Sept. 25, 2020.Master Sgt. Jeffrey Roberts and Master Sgt. Robert Yarnes are only two of the more than 2,000 organic space operators in officer and enlisted AFSCs who began transferring Sept. 1,