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Self Aid Buddy Care (SABC) is a training of the United States Air Force (USAF). SABC encompasses basic life support and limb-saving techniques to help wounded or injured personnel survive in medical emergencies until medical help is available. [1] SABC training is completed every 24 months (at a minimum) and is administered to Active Duty ...
Air Force Knowledge Now (AFKN) is a web-based collaborative environment developed by Triune Group for the U.S. Air Force (USAF). From 1999 to 2012, AFKN grew to more than 19,000 Communities of Practice (CoPs) and 400,000 members. In 2004, Air Force CIO John M. Gilligan designated AFKN the Air Force Center of Excellence for Knowledge Management ...
United States Air Force Basic Military Training (also known as BMT or boot camp) is a seven-week program of physical and combat training required in order for an individual to become enlisted into the United States Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and United States Space Force. It is located at Lackland Air Force Base in San ...
In the Air Force, Primary is Squadron Officer School (SOS), Intermediate is Air Command and Staff College (ACSC), and Senior is Air War College (AWC). Basic was the Air and Space Basic Course (ASBC), but it is inactive as of July 2011. Typically Captains take SOS, Majors attend ACSC, and Lt Colonels or Colonels take Air War College.
Civil Air Patrol ( CAP) is a congressionally chartered, federally supported non-profit corporation that serves as the official civilian auxiliary of the United States Air Force (USAF). [4] CAP is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership that includes members from all backgrounds.
The Air Force Academy continued the tradition, beginning with the first class, 1959, and so is the only service academy to have had class rings for every class since its founding. The Air Force ring is distinctive for being white gold instead of the yellow gold used at the other academies.
The 82nd Training Wing is a unit of the United States Air Force that is assigned to the Air Education and Training Command, Second Air Force. The training wing is stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas where it is also a host unit. The Training Wing produces more than 62,000 graduates annually in over 1,000+ technical training courses.
The Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) is located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and is the United States Air Force 's intermediate-level Professional Military Education (PME) school. It is a subordinate command of the Air University (AU), also located at Maxwell AFB, and is part of the Air Education and Training Command ...