| The Early Years |
| 1862 |
Passage
of Morrill Act (Land-Grant Act) established military training
at land-grant colleges and universities |
| 1916 |
Passage
of the National Defense Act created both a formal Reserve
Officer Training Corps (ROTC) and Junior ROTC |
| 1920-1923 |
Army Air
Service establishes separate Air ROTC units at the following
colleges with strong engineering departments: Texas A&M,
University of California-Berkeley, University of Illinois,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Washington,
New York University and Georgia Institute of Technology |
| 1932 |
Air ROTC
purchased out for budgetary and other reasons; last until
discontinued in 1935 |
| 1946 |
Seventy-eight
Air ROTC units were established by War Department General
Order No. 124, signed by General Dwight D. Eisenhower,
Army Chief of Staff - a few months later on 15 November,
Army Air Force Headquarters transferred Air ROTC from
Air Training Command (ATC) to Air Defense Command (ADC) |
| 1947 |
Arnold Air
Society founded at the University of Cincinnati |
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Air Force ROTC in the 1950s |
| 1952 |
Air University
assumes responsibility for Air Force ROTC with 188 units
and 145,000 cadets |
| 1952 |
Angel Flight
founded at the University of Omaha |
| 1956 |
Flight
Instruction Program authorized |
| 1956 |
Experimental
Women's Air Force (WAF) ROTC inaugurated |
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Air Force ROTC in the 1960s |
| 1961 |
Initiation
of crosstown and consortium agreements with the Air Force
ROTC host institution |
| 1964 |
ROTC Vitalization
ACT of 1964 authorizes the two-year program |
| 1969 |
ROTC program
established for women at four selected universities |
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Air Force ROTC in the 1970s |
| 1970 |
Air Force
ROTC women cadet program expanded on a national scope |
| 1975 |
14 Air Force
bases designated permanent Air Force ROTC Field-Training
sites |
| 1978 |
Air Force
selects Air Force ROTC women cadets to take part in a
test program in undergraduate pilot and navigator program |
| 1978 |
Air Training
Command assumes command responsibility for Air University
and Air Force ROTC |
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Air Force ROTC in the 1980s |
| 1981 |
Euro-NATO
Joint Jet Pilot Training and Undergraduate Pilot Training
Helicopter programs implemented |
| 1982 |
First publication
of the Air Force ROTC Leader newspaper |
| 1987 |
Air Force
ROTC began offering three-year scholarships to high school
seniors |
| 1988 |
Four-year
Nursing Scholarship Program initiated |
| 1989 |
Private
Pilots License Screening Program initiated - allowed selected
cadets to obtain a private pilot's license and provided
screening to determine if necessary flying aptitude existed
to proceed to undergraduate pilot training |
| 1989 |
One-Year
College Program offered - program was designed to attract
qualified students in the fields of nursing, meteorology
and law on either a scholarship or nonscholarship basis
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| 1989 |
Cadet Laree
K. Mikel of Wright State University was selected as National
Commander of the Arnold Air Society; she was the first
woman to hold this position |
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Air Force ROTC in the 1990s |
| 1990 |
Pilot active-duty
service commitment increased to ten years and navigator
active-duty commitment increased to six years |
| 1993 |
Air University
becomes a direct reporting unit under Air Education and
Training Command |
| 1997 |
Air Force
Officer Accession and Training Schools created, realigning
Air Force ROTC and Officer Training Schools under one
organization |
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