| Air University Welcomes F. Whitten Peters and Sandy Schlitt
The Honorable Witt Peters, former Secretary of the Air Force, and Sandy Schlitt, AFA Vice Chairman of the Board for Aerospace Education, joined forces at Maxwell AFB on April 9-10. John Shaud, retired Executive Director of AFA and current Director of the Air Force Research Institute, also joined them for portions of the program. They received an Air University mission brief from Lt Gen Al Peck, their host and commander at Air University. The two day event included a tour of Officer Training School and participation at an OTS graduation.
Former Secretary Peters then spoke to Air and Space Basic Course (ASBC) attendees. AFA sponsors the Distinguished Speaker event conducted five times per year at ASBC. All newly commissioned officers from all commissioning sources attend the mandatory course, their first in a series of professional military education courses. The mission and benefits of AFA are explained to the new officers and each is invited and encouraged to become a member – typically, about fifty new officers join from each class. Former AFA sponsored speakers include: Generals Dick Myers, Greg Martin, Paul Hester, Ron Keyes, Tom Hobbins, Bill Looney, and John Bradley.
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