Air University Educational Digest - 2010 (pdf ... - The Air University

The Outreach Division develops and publishes a variety of products in print and electronic
formats. The publications include Strategic Studies Quarterly (SSQ), an Air Force–sponsored
journal fostering intellectual enrichment for national and international security professionals.
Contributions to SSQ explore strategic and policy issues of current and continuing interest to the
US Air Force, the larger defense community, and our international partners. The Air & Space
Power Journal (ASPJ), the professional journal of the United States Air Force, has appeared
since 1947 and has grown to include six language editions. The division also includes Air
University Press (AUP) which serves as the professional publishing arm of AU. Press
publications promote creative thought on, and appreciation for, the value of air, space, and cyber
power. The press is a leading not-for-profit publisher on air, space, and cyberspace power
doctrine and national security.
The Engagement Division extends the reach of AFRI by identifying, developing and sustaining
relationships with other government and academic communities including universities and think
tanks through multiple avenues including hosting, co-hosting, and participating in conferences
with various partners to promote the expansion and development of concepts, issues, and topics
of interest to the Air Force. This can also include collaboration with international partners.
Another major engagement vehicle is The Wright Stuff, a biweekly electronic-discussion forum
intended to generate thoughtful discussion and debate regarding all aspects of national security
by highlighting scholarly thought from across the Air Force and beyond. The Engagement
Division also supports Air University research efforts through the annual AU Call for Topics,
and the AU Research Information System (AURIMS) database, and managing the AU Research
Board process to include publishing the annual AU Research Bulletin.
The Plans and Operations Division's Air Force Fellows program provides competitively selected,
highly qualified Air Force officers and their civilian counterparts an in-depth education in
national security policy through assignments to a distinguished civilian institute or placement in
a key government agency or department. In place since 1958, the program sponsors
competitively-selected officers and civilians into 12-18 month fellowships/internships at key
locations such as the US Legislature, national laboratories, defense industries, think tanks,
universities and DoD organizations with the aim of developing Air Force leaders with a strategic
understanding of international security, civil-military affairs and cutting-edge technology. About
125 field-grade officers and civilian equivalents participate each year who receive in-residence
intermediate or senior developmental education credit upon completion.
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Source of Data: AFRI/DVS