Air Officer's Education

Abstract

There are three distinct elements in the education of an Air Force officer: military instruction, technical or professional training, and general education. Air warfare has come upon us so rapidly that the military instruction of Air Force officers has never been thought out and analyzed as a new military problem. The traditional army basic training has consequently served as the model for military instruction in the Air Force. Close-order drill, bivouacs, field exercises and the other common routine ground-training maneuvers are as much an introduction to military life for a young flyer as they are for a foot soldier. This approach overlooks the fact that each occupation has its own peculiar psychology, its own dialectics. *Article reprinted from Air University Quarterly Review 1, no. 2 (Fall 1947): 9-24.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA565059

Entities

People

  • Robert O’brien

Organizations

  • Air and Space Power Journal

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Biological Sciences
  • Education
  • Instructors
  • Language
  • Military History
  • Personality
  • Physical Theories
  • Production Engineering
  • Psychology
  • Schools
  • Students
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

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  • STEM Education
  • Theoretical Analysis.