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  • Gunter NCO Academy is closing its doors

    The Air Force Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Maxwell Air Force Base - Gunter Annex, Alabama, is closing indefinitely once the current class graduates on May 12, 2023.

  • Commemorative brick laying ceremony honors enlisted Airman champion

    Officials from the Air Education and Training Command and Enlisted Heritage Research Institute hosted a commemorative brick laying ceremony at the Enlisted Heritage Hall on Gunter Annex, in honor of the Gen. Anthony Cotton, Air Force Global Strike Command commander, and Air Forces Strategic-Air,

  • Air Force SNCO Academy graduates first civilian student

    The Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy graduated its first civilian student April 6, 2022, at Gunter Annex, Alabama, and hopes installations will prioritize sending interested civilian employees in future.

  • Gunter NCO Academy reopens after nearly a decade

    The Gunter Noncommissioned Officer Academy on Maxwell-Gunter Annex reopened Oct. 1, 2020, after nearly a decade, to meet the Air Force’s increased demand for effective development of NCOs.Gunter NCOA suspended operations in 2013, when Air Education and Training Command introduced a blended learning

  • Flexibility essential during pandemic: NCOA builds first-ever virtual course

    The first-ever virtual, in-residence Enlisted Professional Military Education Course at the Robert D. Gaylor Non-Commissioned Officer Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is now available to students across the country. The inaugural course started June 15 and the first graduation is scheduled

  • Class is back in session for AU's Barnes Center

    After a short break due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted Education has begun virtual in-residence remote courses, June 1, 2020. The courses currently in session are the Chiefs Leadership Course and three Noncommissioned Officer Academies: Airey, Vosler and Kadena.

  • DOD PEOs meet at Maxwell to discuss challenges, share innovations

    Program executive officers from several Department of Defense agencies met at the Air Force Program Executive Office-Business and Enterprise Systems headquarters here recently to share information on current and emerging information technology solutions and updates to acquisition processes and