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Force Development Defined

Force Development: The deliberate effort to maximize force readiness through a variety of recruiting, educational, training, and experiential learning activities, opportunities, and services ensuring all Airmen and Guardians possess the competencies they need to meet DAF mission requirements.

For current information on many force development initiatives, click here to jump to the Learning Professionals and FD Credentials Division web page.

  • Air University launches Space Force track at SOS

    Air University now offers a Space Force-focused track at Squadron Officer School to address the primary level education needs of Guardians and total force Airmen in space-focused career fields.

  • DAF looking for Airmen, Guardians for grueling Army Ranger School 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – It’s been called “a laboratory of human endurance,” testing the physical, mental and spiritual grit of the officer and enlisted leaders who undertake it. It’s the Army Ranger School and the Department of the Air Force is looking for Airmen and Guardians who

  • Installation excellence: Bryan Hall renovation

    The 338th Training Squadron’s training facility, Bryan Hall, will undergo a $30.4 million renovation, the largest awarded renovation project in the 81st Contracting Squadron’s history.

  • Combat Capability Demonstration held by 363rd Training Squadron

    The 363rd Training Squadron put theory into practice for Weapons and Ammunition Airmen in Training during a Combat Capability Demonstration November 9, 2023, here. With AiTs cheering them on and the rain pouring down, instructors from the weapons and ammo schools engaged in a friendly competition to

  • Fueling the Fight

    As one of the busiest Air Education and Training Command (AETC) bases in the United States, Columbus AFB hosts AETC’s largest aircraft fleet and generates approximately 48 thousand annual sorties for 230 aircraft with 344 Instructor Pilots executing a $160 million dollar flying hour program. None of

  • 17 TRW partners with ASU ROTC for Drill Down

    Goodfellow Air Force Base hosted the 17th Training Wing Drill Down Competition at Mathis Field, November 17. Angelo State University ROTC cadets; the 312th, 313th and 315th Training Squadrons; as well as the 533rd TRS Detachment 1, competed against each other in two categories: drill movement and

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