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Aug. 17, 2026
Tinker AI workshop draws overflow crowd as Department of War scales enterprise AI

All seats were full during an artificial intelligence workshop at Tinker Air Force Base July 23. Latecomers lined the walls at the Tinker Event Center ballroom to take notes on a subject that has moved to the center of the defense enterprise: how to use AI to better execute missions.Facilitators
Feb. 13, 2025
A New Era in Testing: USAF Test Pilot School partners with Stanford, Silicon Valley for AI and Emerging Technologies course

This historic collaboration marks the school’s first major engagement with academia in recent memory and is part of a broader effort to prepare future military test leaders for the rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, data-driven systems, and autonomous technologies.
Dec. 30, 2022
Department of the Air Force unmasks academic degrees for major, lieutenant colonel promotion boards

The change will apply to all eligible DAF officers and allow promotion board members to consider an officer’s acquisition of valued expertise as one of many whole person concept considerations.

Tinker AI workshop draws overflow crowd as Department of War scales enterprise AI