The revamped version of Air Force Officer Training School, OTS-Victory, celebrated the graduation of its first class of 138 officers at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., on Dec. 8. And the school is already gearing up for another graduation Dec. 22—reflecting OTS’s shift to more ...
As new trainees arrived to their first day at Air Force Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., on Oct. 10, they found themselves in the middle of what OTS Commandant Col. Keolani Bailey described as the school’s biggest change in its 64-year ...
A group of 15 Guardians became the first all-Space Force flight to graduate from the Department of the Air Force’s Officer Training School on March 10—another milestone as the new service carves out space-specific education for its incoming members.
Pregnant women, both civilian and military, can now apply for the Air Force’s Officer Training School without needing a waiver, the Department of the Air Force announced. If selected, the candidate will then have between six and 14.5 months after the pregnancy to either pass ...
The Department of the Air Force offered up new, “aspirational” goals for diversity in its officer applicant pool earlier this month. Now, Secretary Frank Kendall has given the department’s commissioning sources until Sept. 30 to develop initiatives to try to meet those goals.
David T. "Buck" Buckwalter, an AFA member and volunteer for 50 years, who served as Executive Vice President of the organization and launched its CyberPatriot STEM program, died Feb. 27 at age 72. Buckwalter served 27 years on active duty, as an RF-4C Weapon System ...
Active-duty Airmen interested in becoming rated officers can apply to train with the Civil Air Patrol and start their paths to becoming pilots. The Air Force has opened the application window for the Fall 2021 Rated Preparatory Program, the fourth iteration of the approach started ...
The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado plans to send more students to the Space Force in 2021 than it did in the first cohort last year, the school’s superintendent said Jan. 21. About 115 USAFA cadets will head to the Space Force upon graduation ...
Seven Space Force hopefuls will ship out this week to the service’s inaugural boot camp at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The Space Force is piggybacking on the Air Force’s long-standing Basic Military Training process while it grows its own. Those who graduate from the ...
As the Space Force stands up, there’s one constituency it has to get on board with its plans: Airmen. The Space Force squeezed in 10 “roadshows” to explain its mission before the coronavirus pandemic made it unsafe to gather for the presentations. Troops at Peterson, ...
The COVID-19 pandemic won’t halt most Air Force training yet, Air Education and Training Command said in a March 17 release. But it may look a little different, as officials attempt to mitigate coronavirus exposure. Although the Defense Department’s “response to the coronavirus outbreak continues ...
The Air Force's newest commissioned officers from the Officer Training School class 19-07 form up on the Cramton Bowl football field on Sept. 27, 2019, in Montgomery, Ala. Air Force photo by SSgt. Quay Drawdy. Officer Training School graduated its...