Warrior Knowledge
Air Force Code of Conduct
1. I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my coutry and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.2. I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command I will never surrender the members of my command while they still have the means to resist.
3. If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy
4. If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information nor take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up in every way.
5. When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am required to give name, rank, serial number and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies or harmful to their cause.
6. I will never forget that I am an American, fighting for freedom, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and the United States of America.
Air Force Core Values
1. Integrity First
2. Service Before Self
3. Excellence In All We Do
Tenets Of Aerospace Power
Centralized command, decentralized attack
Flexibility
Priority
Synergy
Balance
Concentration
Persistence
Air Force Core Competencies
Developing airmen
Technology to war fighting
Integrated operations
Air Force Core Capabilities
Air and space superiority
Information superiority
Rapid global mobility
Global attack
Precision engagement
Agile combat support
Air Force Mission
To defend the U.S. and protect its interests through air and space power.
Air Force Vision 20/20
Global vigilance, reach and power
Oath of Office
I, (state your name), having been appointed a second lieutenant in the United States Air Force,
do solumnly sware that I will support and defend the constitution of the United States against all enemies foriegn and domestic,
that I bear true faith and allegience to the same, that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well
and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter, so help me God.
Air Force Song
Off we go into the wild blue yonder,
Climbing high into the sun;
Here they come zooming to meet our thunder,
At'em boys, giv'er the gun! (give 'er the gun, hey!)
Down we dive spouting our flame from under;
Off with one hell-uv-a-roar!
We live in fame or go down in flame; (hey!)
Nothing'll stop the US Air Force!
Minds of men fashioned a crate of thunder
Sent it high into the blue;
Hands of men blasted the world asunder,
How they lived God only knew! (God only knew, then!)
Souls of men dreaming of skies to conquer
Gave us wings, ever to soar.
With Scouts before and bombers galore, (hey!)
Nothing can stop the US Air Force!
High Flight
By John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence
Hov'ring there, I've chased the shouting wind along and
Flung my eager craft through footless halls of air
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew
And, while with silent, lifting mind I've trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.
Air Force Ranks