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  • Dr. Nathaniel Ott, an Air Force Reserve instructor in Air University’s LeMay Center Joint Integration directorate, stands in his scrubs at his civilian-capacity career as an ER physician in Odessa, Texas. Ott was on-scene during a mass-shooting incident in Odessa on Aug. 31, 2019, and provided life-saving first-aid to a victim who had sustained three gunshot wounds while in her vehicle.

    Amidst mass shooting, Airman saves life in Odessa, Texas

    An Air Force Reserve member was working in a civilian capacity in Odessa, Texas, on August 31, 2019, and helped provide life-saving first-aid to a woman suffering from three gunshot wounds.
  • An Airman from the 42nd Operational Support Squadron directs U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters as they arrive at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, from Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Sept. 1, 2019. The helicopters evacuated from the Jacksonville area in advance of Hurricane Dorian. In addition to the helicopters, Maxwell AFB is serving as an Incident Support Base for Federal Emergency Management Agency and Defense Logistics Agency personnel and equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Billy Birchfield)

    Maxwell Air Force Base in Alabama opens for Hurricane Dorian support

    At the request of the Department of Homeland Security, through U.S. Northern Command, Maxwell Air Force Base opened Aug. 29 as an Incident Support Base in advance of Hurricane Dorian.
  • This image illustrates the start of the first Officer Training School Accelerated Commissioning Program at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. OTS-ACP tests commissioning senior NCOs in 14 training days instead of the standard 40 training days. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by 2nd. Lt. Robert Guest)

    OTS beta courses test accelerated commissioning program for SNCOs

    Air University is testing a new, accelerated program to help fast-track qualifying Air Force senior non-commissioned officers looking to commission as Air Force second lieutenants. Beta tests for the Officer Training School-Accelerated Commissioning Program, scheduled to run in August and November of this year, will each last 14 days, versus the current program which lasts 40 training days.
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  • This image illustrates the start of the first Officer Training School Accelerated Commissioning Program at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. OTS-ACP tests commissioning senior NCOs in 14 training days instead of the standard 40 training days. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by 2nd. Lt. Robert Guest)

    OTS beta courses test accelerated commissioning program for SNCOs

    Air University is testing a new, accelerated program to help fast-track qualifying Air Force senior non-commissioned officers looking to commission as Air Force second lieutenants. Beta tests for the Officer Training School-Accelerated Commissioning Program, scheduled to run in August and November of this year, will each last 14 days, versus the current program which lasts 40 training days.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Lee Mills, 673rd Air Base Wing command chief from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, tests out virtual reality Aug. 13, 2019, during the Air University wing commander’s orientation on Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. Just one of the many projects the attendees had the opportunity to learn about was Air University’s application of virtual and mixed-reality as a means of enhancing the training of Airmen.

    Air University orientation gives wing commanders new tools for their tool box

    Air University has been hosting wing commanders from across the Air Force monthly since January, to highlight how the commanders can leverage the university’s capabilities to benefit their Airmen and the Air Force.
  • Around the Circle is the Air University and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base weekly podcast, featuring news, information and stories from the Intellectual Center of the Air Force and Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base.

    Public education options continue to expand around Air University

    Air University and organizations across the River Region have made strides to improve public education options for military-affiliated children.
  • AFROTC summer Field Training underway on AU campus

    AFROTC summer Field Training underway on AU campus

    Air Force ROTC cadets from around the country are battling the central Alabama heat this summer at Air University on their journey toward earning their gold bars. The more than 2,600 cadets from most of AFROTC’s 145 detachments are rotating through Field Training, a congressionally mandated program and part of the AFROTC four-year linear progression construct.
  • A Squadron Officer School students listen as they recieve initial feedback on their Think Tank elective presentation, May 31, 2019, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The students were given the challenge to figure out how Artificial Intelligence could be used to solve Air Force issues and better processes.

    SOS students pitch ideas to solve Air Force issues using artificial intelligence

    Air University’s Squadron Officer School students pitched their initial ideas on how to better certain processes within the Air Force to the school’s commandant, Col. Wayne Straw and a panel of subject matter experts, May 31, 2019, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama.
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