Instruction is conducted within the framework of an organized cadet corps with a progression of experiences designed to develop each student's leadership potential. Students develop their leadership potential in a practical laboratory, which typically includes field trips to Air Force installations. It meets twice a week for an hour each session. Concentrates on motivational physical fitness, healthy lifestyle and cadet espirit. Emphasis is on the employment of air power in WWI and WWII and how it affected the evolution of air power concepts and doctrine.
Emphasis is on the period from post WWII to present.
Field Training is offered during the summer months at selected Air Force bases throughout the United States. Students in the four-year program participate in four weeks of Field Training, usually between their sophomore and junior years. The major areas of study in the Field Training program include junior officer training, aircraft and aircrew orientation, career orientation, survival training, base functions and Air Force environment, and physical training. An integrated management course emphasizing the individual as a manager in an Air Force milieu. The basic managerial processes involving decision making, utilization of analytic aids in planning, organizing, and controlling in a changing environment are emphasized as necessary professional concepts.