

Professional military education Outside the Air War College in 2019 Department of Defense's JPME II Education Program for commissioned officers. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy (Eisenhower School) within the U.S. ĪWC operates alongside the Army War College, the Naval War College's College of Naval Warfare, the Marine Corps War College, and the National Defense University's National War College (NWC), Joint Forces Staff College (JFSC) and Dwight D. The college has operated continuously since its founding except for a period of six months during the Korean War. Army Air Forces program at what was then Maxwell Field. The Air War College was founded in 1946 by the United States War Department (subsequently merged with the Navy Department to form the Department of Defense) as a U.S. Department of Defense's Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase II Education Program for commissioned officers. It is one of six war colleges within the U.S.

Headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, its higher headquarters is the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) at Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

A part of the United States Air Force's Air University, AWC emphasizes the employment of air, space, and cyberspace in joint operations. The Air War College (AWC) is the senior Professional Military Education (PME) school of the U.S.
