AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE VISITOR'S BROCHURE

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AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
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HEADQUARTERS
AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA
TO OUR DISTINGUISHED VISITORS:
It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Air Command and
Staff College, and I hope your visit will be.an enjoyable and
profitable one. This brochure outlines briefly our history,
mission, philosophy, organization, facilities, and a-resume
of our schools and courses. It has been prepared for your
use so that you may better understand the functions and pur-
poses of the Air Command and Staff College.
'JOYD P. HOPW(D'OD
ajar General, USAF
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THE MISSION AND PHILOS03PHY OF THE
AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
The mission of the Air Command and Staff College is to serve as
an Air Force educational and doctrinal center in the field of command
and staff organizations, procedure, and techniques.
The philosophy of instruction in the ACSC is founded on the
premise that effective command action results from teamwork pro-
duced by a commander and his staff. Accordingly we build our
curriculum around problems and situations likely to confront
commanders and their staffs at all echelons of command.
We recognize that such problems and situations vary with the
level of command, and that the higher the echelon, the greater will
be the complexity, scope, and significance of the problems and re-
. sulting decisions. Therefore, we offer courses in. the command and
staff area at two principal levels of complexity. Our lieutenants
and captains are prepared for command and staff assignments oAi? the
squadron and group level; our majors and lieutenant colonels, on the
wing and air force level.
The problems studied at both levels do not have "school" solu-
tions. Rather, the basic principles are presented as hypotheses,
and the students are urged to subject them to careful scrutiny. A
critical attitude and an inquiriug mind are encouraged. Seminar
and small group discussions help to foster the free exchange of ideas
among the students.
We do not assume that the present state of our knowledge con-
cerning any phase of warfare is final or absolute. Accordingly, the
course content of the Air Command and Staff College is derived from
a continuous study of Air Force needs, present and anticipated.
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AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Since the Air University was established in December 1945,
its courses in the command and staff area have undergone a num-
ber of major changes. These changes, which have been most marked
in the introductory and intermediate levels of general command and
staff schooling, have shaped the history of the Air Command and
Staff College.
Changes were largely the result of two events. One was the
establishment of the Air Force in July 1947 as a service coequal
with the Army and the Navy. The other was the deterioration of
the international situation due to the Communist threat, culmi-
nating first in the Berlin airlift (1948-1949) and second, in the
Korean situation (1950-1953). Revisions in the officer educational
program made necessary by these events were recognized, how-
ever, as temporary compromises. The long-range objectives of
the program, originally conceived by the Army Gerow Board,
continued to serve as a basis for officer education in the Air
Force.
According to the Gerow Board concept, which was later con-
firmed by the Air Force Fairchild Board, these long-range objec-
tives call for three levels of general command and staff schooling:
(1) the introductory, or air tactical, level for officers with 5.years
of service, primarily lieutenants and captains; (2) the intermediate,
or command and staff, level for officers with 10 years of service,
primarily majors and lieutenant colonels; and (3) the advanced, or
air war, level for officers with 15 years of service, senior colonels.
The purpose of having these three levels of courses is to provide
progressive leadership-type schooling to the best Air Force officers.
The Air Command and Staff College, originally known as the
Air Command and Staff School, was established in mid-1946 at
Maxwell Air Force Base as the intermediate school of the three
levels. It offered only one course of instruction at that time: a
9-month regular course. A year later a 15-week associate course
was added to summarize instruction for Reserve and National Guard
officers called to active duty to attend the short course. That same
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year the Air Force became an independent service. In addition,
international tension leading to the Berlin airlift mounted. Both
circumstances, but primarily the latter, resulted in a build-up
in force. The build-up, in turn, required that the school give
instruction to more students and cut down the time required to
take its courses. Beginning in July 1948, therefore, the regular
course was cut almost in half (to ZZ weeks), and the quota for
each class was doubled.
The introductory level command and staff school, known as
the Air Tactical School, was also established in 1946, but it was
then independent of the Air CommaXid and Staff School. It was
located at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. There were three
classes a year, each lasting 15 weeks. Immediately after the
Korean situation developed, this school was closed, and the
Tyndall facility was turned over to the Air Training Command
for training pilots for jet aircraft. A small cadre from the
school was moved to Maxwell and placed under the jurisdiction
of the Air Command and Staff School to be held in readiness until
classes could be resumed.
Besides the three levels of command and staff schooling, a
Special Staff School was organized in 1946 at Craig Air Force
Base, Alabama, and placed under the newly activated Air Uni-
versity. The original concept for Air Force officer education
recognized that additional requirements would arise from time
to time for more highly specialized courses. To meet these re-
quirements, the Special Staff School offered courses in such areas
as communications-electronics, management, inspection, military
law, logistics, comptrollership, intelligence, and academic instruc-
tor training. As in the case of the Air Tactical School, the Korean
conflict caused a change in plans. The Special Staff School was
closed, and its courses were moved to Maxwell and placed under
the Air Command and Staff School. Craig, like Tyndall, was
turned over to the Air Training Command for use in training jet
pilots.
Thus, the Air Command and Staff School, originally. pstab,1is1
to operate one principal course, absorbed the Air Tactical S,C-hqoA
and the courses of Special $;ta# $,cltiop.gj to txecame a multiple,
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it s;titutiou, Changing events con tir-Outed further to its met4Worphosis.
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Academic Instructor Course
The Academic Instructor Course is a six-week course given
seven times each year. Each class has 180 students,. consisting
of Air Force personnel of all grades from staff sergeant through
colonel and Department of the Air Force civilians in the grade of
GS-7 or higher.
The mission is to increase the effectiveness of selected
instructors of the Air Force.
The objectives are:
1. To cultivate those attitudes appropriate for the Air Force
instructor.
2. To increase his understanding of the basic principles of
learning.
3. To increase his ability to plan instruction.
4. To improve his ability to use sound teaching methods.
5. To increase his ability to communicate effectively.
6. To improve his ability to evaluate the achievement of
specific objectives.
The students come from instructor positions throughout the
United states and usually return to those same assignments.
Air Weapons Course
The Air Weapons Course is conducted three times each year.
The course requires seven weeks to complete, and each class
consists of 40 students.
The mission is to provide selected command and staff officers
with a general knowledge of Air Force weapons and delivery systems,
and an ability to plan for weapons employment by scientific selection
of weapon systems.
The objectives of the course are to provide an understanding of
the following:
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1. Physical characteristics and functioning of Air Force
weapons.
Z. Effects produced by these weapons.
3. Modification of effects produced by the environment.
4. Principles involved in determining the coverage of effects.
5. Vulnerability of targets.
6. Characteristics and capabilities of modern means of
delivery.
7. Fundamentals of probability as applied to planning for
weapons employment.
8. Determination of fuze settings.
9. Application of theory to the solution of realistic problems.
10. The factors related to weapons employment, such as logistics,
target intelligence, and psychological aspects of warfare.
The students come from Air Force assignments throughout the
United States and return to those assignments upon completion of the
course.
Refresher for Air Weapons Course
This two-week course is conducted as required. Fifty students
attend each class.
The mission is to bring graduates of the Air Weapons Course up
to date on techniques for planning weapons employment when they do
not get experience in this kind of planning on their job.
~1Veapans Ern~loyment Planning Indoctrination Course
This course is conducted twice each year for a two-week. period.
There are 50 students in each class.
The mission is to provide senior Air Force commanders and
staff officers with an indoctrination in. the tools, techniques, and
procedures for planning weapons employment,
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We pons Orientation Course
Th.e Weapons Orientation Course it; a five-day course conducted
thirty times each year with 95 senior officers in each class. The
mission is to acquaint command and staff officers with the general
characteristics of Air Force weapons and the problems associated
with their employment.
The objectives are:
1. To increase the students' understanding of the Air Force
organization as it relates to the Department of Defense and other
departments of the Government in the use of conventional and
unconventional air weapons in warfare.
2. To increase the students' understanding of special security
requirements in handling information on atomic energy and other
conventional and unconventional air weapons.
3. To acquaint students with the complete spectrum of atomic,
chemical, biological, and conventional weapons suitable for Air
Force application, and with their trends, capabilities, and
limitations,
4. To increase student knowledge of fundamental aspects of
atomic energy, chemistry, and biology in order to give them a
better understanding of atomic, chemical, and biological weapons.
5. To acquaint students with the vehicles and techniques for
the delivery of weapons by the Army, Navy, Air Defense Command,
Strategic Air Command, and theater air forces.
6. To increase understanding of the following factors essential
to the effective employment of Air Force weapons: types of targets,
selection of the proper weapon for a given objective target or
target system, proper fuzing of weapons, and policy and doctrine
on the employment of air weapons.
The students come from Air Force assignments throughout the
'nited States and return to those assignments upon completion of
the course.
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FACULTY
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ORGANIZATION OF THE AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
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ADVISORS
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GENERAL
STAFF
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DIRECTOR
OF PERSONNEL
COMMAND AND STAFF
COMMANDANT
DEPUTY COMMANDANT
FOR EDUCATION
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SERVICES
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SCHOOL
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- EFFECTIVE 15 JUNE 1956
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DIRECTOR OF MATERIEL
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ACADEMIC INSTRUCTOR
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ALLIED OFFICER GRADUATES OF AC&SC
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ALLIED OFFICERS IN THE AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE
iV o:re than 650 students from forty-nine countries have attended
schools of the Air Command and Staff College. Average enrollment
is approximately eighty allied students a year. These students
attend the Command and Staff School, the Squadron Officer School,
and the Academic Instructor Course. These schools are described
in detail elsewhere in this brochure.
As indicated on the opposite page, the bulk of the students come
from the North Atlantic Treaty countries, the South American republics,
the Republic of Korea, and the Philippines.
The number of allied officer graduates does not appear par-
ticularly significant in relation to the vast number of Air Force
gradu a.tes. However, the positions that these students hold in
their respective air forces is of particular interest. To date, for
example, several graduates of the Air Command and Staff College
are Chiefs of Staff in their air forces, more than a score represent
their air forces as air attaches in Washington, and dozens of
graduates hold key staff positions in their home countries and at
the United Nations.
Having such distinguished representatives of allied nations
participate in the Air Force educational program provides an
invaluable means for cultivating mutual understanding and friend-
ship. The allied students have an opportunity to develop an
appreciation of the Air Force, the United States, and the American
way of life. Also, Air Force students have a unique opportunity
to reciprocate. This is particularly significant in view of the
world-wide commitments of the United States. In carrying out
these commitments, joint operations between the United States
Air Force and allied air forces have become commonplace.
. To help the allied officer while he is a student at the Air
Command and Staff College, the Commandant has established the
office of the Allied Officer Division. This office gives the allied
officer educational advice, provides administrative services and
monitors other services, takes care of welfare problems, and
conducts social functions for the allied officers.
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Facilities of the .Air Command and Staff College
The new site of the Air Command and Staff College consists of
four academic buildings, a headquarters building, and five three-story
barracks. Fig-e additional three-story barracks and a dining hall now
under construction will be completed early in 1957. Located in the
center of the area but not a part of the College, the new Air University
Library is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1956. The academic
buildings and library are heated and air-conditioned by a central plant.
Each academic building is equipped'with a modern public address
system which is controlled from a central control room in each building.
The Command and Staff School, located in Building 1403, has a
total space of 48, 837 square feet. The building contains,an auditorium
with a seating capacity of 1200, 68 seminar rooms, a mail room, a
coffee shop, and sufficient office space for approximately one hundred
members of the administrative and instructional staff. The auditorium
is equipped with a high-fidelity sound system, including parabolic
microphones which can relay to the platform any question asked from
thy; floor. The recording and projection equipment is located in, and.
can be controlled from, the projection booth at the rear of the
auditorium.
The Squadron Officer School, located in Building 1402, occupies
28, 932 square feet of space. School facilities include an auditorium
with a seating capacity of 600, 40 seminar rooms, a mail room, a
coffee bar, a branch of the Base Exchange, a branch of the Air
University Book Store, and a chapel. The sound equipment in the
auditorium is similar to that in Building 1403., The administrative and
instructional staff utilizes space in Building 1401.
The Academic Instructor Course occupies part of Building 1401.
The Course facilities consist of a classroom with a seating capacity of
200, seminar-rooms, and space for approximately thirty members of
the administrative and instructional staff. The classroom is equipped
with sound and recording equipment which is controlled from the rear
of the room. Power-operated panels on the stage are controlled from
the lectern.
The Weapons Courses are conducted in Building 1404. This
area consists of three classrooms, each with a seating capacity of 200,
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sufficient office space for members of the administrative and
instructional staff. The classrooms are equipped with sound and
recording equipment controlled from the rear of the room. Power-
operated panels on each classroom stage are controlled from the
lectern. One room has a small projection booth for showing lb-mm.
training films.
Several miscellaneous facilities are also located in Building
1401. A Language Laboratory is used primarily by the,Allied
officers to increase their ability to speak and understand American
English. A R. asking Laboratory is available to all students who are
interested in increasing their reading speed and comprehension. A
Conference Laboratory is used for instruction in conference
techniques. Space has been reserved for the installation of a com-
plete dental clinic that will be available to the faculty and students.
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Air Comma?ad and Staff College Campus
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4, Special Courses
5. Squadron Officer School
6. (center) Air University Libra
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A historical marker near Base Operations,
J 1 axweU Air Force Base, Alabama
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hl I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
~1~1~1,IIIf11JIII~ And danced the skies on laughter -
silvered wings;
Sunward I've climbed, and joined the
tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred
things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and
soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov'ring there
I've chased the shouting wind along, and
flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with
easy grace
Where never lark, nor even eagle flew
And, while with silent lifting mind I've
trod
Put out my hand and touched the face of
GOD
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The Academic Instructor Course Auditorium
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The Squadron Officer School Auditorium
Seating Capacity 683
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The Command & Staff School Auditorium
Seating Capacity 1231
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