Air Force Gen. John Hyten (right), commander of Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), speaks to Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast (left), commander and president of Air University, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., May 5, 2017. During his visit, Hyten also toured base facilities and delivered remarks on USSTRATCOM’s missions and priorities to students of the university’s School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and Air War College (AWC) – including participants in the AWC’s 10-month Blue Horizons fellowship program. Air University provides full-spectrum Air Force education for officers,


Air Force Gen. John Hyten (right), commander of Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), speaks to Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Kwast (left), commander and president of Air University, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., May 5, 2017. During his visit, Hyten also toured base facilities and delivered remarks on USSTRATCOM’s missions and priorities to students of the university’s School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and Air War College (AWC) – including participants in the AWC’s 10-month Blue Horizons fellowship program. Air University provides full-spectrum Air Force education for officers, enlisted and civilian personnel on the capabilities of air and space power, and their role in national security. One of nine Department of Defense unified combatant commands, USSTRATCOM has global strategic missions assigned through the Unified Command Plan that include strategic deterrence, space operations, cyberspace operations, joint electronic warfare, global strike, missile defense, intelligence, and analysis and targeting. ( Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox/Released)


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