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Air Force ROTC emblem. The Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps (AFROTC) is one of the three primary commissioning sources for officers in the United States Air Force and United States Space Force, the other two being the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) and Air Force Officer Training School (OTS). [1]
Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: EDW, ICAO: KEDW, FAA LID: EDW) is a United States Air Force installation in California. Most of the base sits in Kern County , but its eastern end is in San Bernardino County and a southern arm is in Los Angeles County .
The remainder of the base came under California Army National Guard control in 1977 and the current name of Joint Forces Training Base - Los Alamitos (JFTB), was adapted in 2000 to reflect its multiple uses by the California Army National Guard, California Air National Guard, the U.S. Army Reserve, and other federal reserve component units. [8]
Students at these academies are organized as cadets, and graduate with appropriate licenses from the U.S. Coast Guard and/or the U.S. Merchant Marine.While not immediately offered a commission as an officer within a service, cadets do have the opportunity to participate in commissioning programs like the Strategic Sealift Officer Program (Navy) and Maritime Academy Graduate (Coast Guard).
The Air Force use several terms to identify the different type of installations it operates: [2] Air Force Base, Air Reserve Base or Air Guard Base are used to describe an installation from which aircraft operations can be conducted or from which major activities of importance to Air Force combat, combat support, or training missions can be ...
David Axe (2007) Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War. Charles Johnson (2002) African Americans and ROTC: Military, Naval, and Aeroscience Programs at Historically Black Colleges 1916 — 1973. Betty J. Morden (1990) Women's Army Corps, p 287. Jennifer M. Silva, "ROTC", chapter 35 of Gender and Higher Education by Barbara J. Bank.
United States senior military colleges (2 C, 10 P) Pages in category "ROTC programs in the United States" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Pages in category "Installations of the United States Air Force in California" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .