Luke Becker Is Bringing NASA Education to Earth in K-12 Classrooms August 28, 2025 The Air & Space Forces Association is proud to introduce Luke Becker of Armstrong High School in Plymouth, Minn., the...
This Alabama Teacher Is Forging the Future of Cybersecurity Education August 28, 2025 Kala Grice-Dobbins, an extraordinary K-12 educator from the Madison County Career Tech Center in Huntsville, Ala., is being honored as...
How Ashlie Smith, AFA’s National Teacher of the Year, Is Revolutionizing STEM Education August 28, 2025 AFA is proud to introduce our 2025 Thompson-Mallett National Teacher of the Year, Ashlie Smith, an exemplary 8th-grade physical science...
AFA Announces Nation’s Top STEM Educators July 31, 2025 Taking top honors is Ashlie Smith, an 8th-grade physical science teacher at Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Girls in Bloomfield Hills,...
AFA Helps Civil Air Patrol Impact Record Students Through Annual STEM Programs July 28, 2025 Civil Air Patrol’s Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) program reached new heights during the 2024–2025 academic year, engaging 117,475 kindergarten through eighth-grade students...
Summer Soars with STEM: AFA National Teacher of the Year Attends Air Camp June 24, 2025 Motivated teachers often use summer break to “go back to school” through professional development opportunities—and there are no teachers more...
AFA-Honored Teachers Defy Gravity, Bring STEM Education to Space May 27, 2025 Four educators who have been honored by AFA’s Teacher of the Year program were selected to participate in a unique...
AFA Recognizes Civil Air Patrol Outstanding Squadron Cadets April 28, 2025 Each year, Civil Air Patrol squadrons are offered the opportunity to present an AFA Award for Outstanding CAP Squadron Cadets for a...
Civil Air Patrol Continues Taking Leaps and Bounds in AFA STEM Programs March 25, 2025 The Civil Air Patrol is one of the original organizations involved in both of AFA’s youth STEM programs, and has...
How This AFA Leader Is Taking Space Education to New Continents March 25, 2025 Laurie Orth is on a mission to share space education through music. Orth, one of AFA’s 2024 Emerging Leaders, is...
