Lt. Col. Tadd Sholtis was the first airman to receive a doctorate degree from one of Air University’s schools at Maxwell AFB, Ala., not the first airman overall to earn a doctorate degree from AU as we reported on Tuesday. Airmen have been earning doctorate degrees from the Air Force Institute of Technology, a part of AU located at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, for decades. Traditionally, the Maxwell campus, which includes institutes like AU’s Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, and School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, has offered master’s degrees. We’ve revised our original entry to make this point clear.
Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III joins President Joe Biden in Madrid June 28 for the start of a much-anticipated NATO Summit that has already previewed decisions to strengthen the alliance’s high readiness force and include China in its new strategic concept. Leaders are also expected to agree to more…