The Air University ( AU ) is a component of the United States Air Force 's Air Education and Training Command , headquartered in Maxwell Air Force Base , Alabama. The Air University, the U.S. Air Force 's primary center for professional military education .
Air University , United States |
Origin :
As a result of the U.S. Army Reorganization Act of 1920 , the Air Service authorized the establishment of an Air Service School on February 10, 1921 at Langley Field, Virginia. His primary mission of preparing senior officers for higher duty Air Service to reflect the Air Service redesignated the Air Service School as the Air Service Field Officers School.
Following the decision to let all Air Service officers attend the institution in 1922 , the Air Service redesignated the Air Service Field Officers School as the Air Service Tactical School. In conjunction with the 1926 renaming of the Army Air Service as the Army Air Corps , the Air Service Tactical School , the Air Corps Tactical School. Advantage of the favorable climate and facilities expansion potential , the Army Air Corps began moving the Air Corps Tactical School of Langley Field in Virginia in 1931 to Maxwell Field, Alabama.
Schools and centers :
- Air Force Research Institute
- Enlisted Professional Military Education
- Officer Professional Military Education
- officer Accessions
- citizenship education
- academic training
- Professional continuing education
- Advanced professional military education
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