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Running head: THE ENLISTED WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR COURSE
THE ENLISTED WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR COURSE
Evolution of the Enlisted Weapons Instructor Course Matthew Tinck United States Army Sergeant?s Major Academy
Evolution of the Enlisted Weapons Instructor Course Discussion
The enlisted Weapons Instructor Course owes much of the credit to the Aerial Gunnery School, which was created nearly six decades in a time when the nation was involved in a World War, which had been fought on two different fronts. This was a time before the jet-age, before that atom bomb, at a time the nation was just a world power, not the superpower it would later become. The beginning of the United States Air Force Weapons School traces its roots to the enlisted Airman who attended one of the many Aircraft Gunnery schools established throughout much of the United States during and after World War II.
This school was located at Las Vegas Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada. Today it is known as Nellis AFB. The majority of the students who attended the gunnery school were enlisted men, trained in the skills of …show more content…
Air Force, the youngest of the military services. Once was known as the Army Air Corps until it became a separate service, immediately following the second World War, in 1947. Though, the Air Force is the newest of all the military branches, the history of the Air Force Enlisted corps is long and varied (Professional Development Guide, 18). From humble beginnings to today?s U.S. Air Force, the enlisted corps deserves much of the credit for its development and great accomplishments (Professional Development Guide, 18.) One of the many contributions that the enlisted corps made to the Air Force was the establishment of the Aerial Gunnery School at Las Vegas AFB, Nevada which would later become the USAF Weapons
Running head: THE ENLISTED WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR COURSE
THE ENLISTED WEAPONS INSTRUCTOR COURSE
Evolution of the Enlisted Weapons Instructor Course Matthew Tinck United States Army Sergeant?s Major Academy
Evolution of the Enlisted Weapons Instructor Course Discussion
The enlisted Weapons Instructor Course owes much of the credit to the Aerial Gunnery School, which was created nearly six decades in a time when the nation was involved in a World War, which had been fought on two different fronts. This was a time before the jet-age, before that atom bomb, at a time the nation was just a world power, not the superpower it would later become. The beginning of the United States Air Force Weapons School traces its roots to the enlisted Airman who attended one of the many Aircraft Gunnery schools established throughout much of the United States during and after World War II.
This school was located at Las Vegas Air Force Base (AFB), Nevada. Today it is known as Nellis AFB. The majority of the students who attended the gunnery school were enlisted men, trained in the skills of …show more content…
Air Force, the youngest of the military services. Once was known as the Army Air Corps until it became a separate service, immediately following the second World War, in 1947. Though, the Air Force is the newest of all the military branches, the history of the Air Force Enlisted corps is long and varied (Professional Development Guide, 18). From humble beginnings to today?s U.S. Air Force, the enlisted corps deserves much of the credit for its development and great accomplishments (Professional Development Guide, 18.) One of the many contributions that the enlisted corps made to the Air Force was the establishment of the Aerial Gunnery School at Las Vegas AFB, Nevada which would later become the USAF Weapons