Air Education and Training Command

Air Education and Training Command, with headquarters at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, was established and activated in January 1942, making it the oldest major command in the Air Force. AETC’s training mission makes it the first command to touch the lives of nearly every Air Force member. AETC was formed in 1942 as the Army Air Corps Flying Training Command with headquarters in Washington, D.C. Less than a year later, the headquarters moved to Fort Worth, Texas. During World War II the command provided technical and flying training at more than 600 installations, factories and institutions of higher learning. The headquarters moved to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, in 1946, to Scott AFB, Illinois, in 1949, and finally to Randolph AFB in 1957. In July 1993, Air Training Command and Air University merged to form AETC. This redesignation allowed the command to retain all of its previous heritage and honors. The 2005 Base Realignment and Closure plan renamed Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Over the years, more than 25 million students have graduated from AETC training and education programs. Mission Find, recruit, train and educate the Airmen the nation needs. We take America’s sons and daughters – young men and women who have volunteered to serve their country in a time of war – and develop them into Airmen. Develop denotes more than educating or training them – it implies bringing them to embrace our culture, teaching them (by our example) our core values of integrity, service before self and excellence in all we do. Vision Develop Airmen with the competencies to win the high-end competition. Priorities 1. Modernize and integrate total force recruiting and accessions 2. Pivot AETC focus to technical training transformation; continue to refine flying training 3. Incorporate digital-age technology across the command 4. Implement data strategy and standards that integrate DAF learning and talent management to align with DOD systems 5. Modernize infrastructure- dorms to classrooms- to create digital-age campuses of the future 6. Rapidly codify Airmen competencies for great power competition