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Air Training Officers (ATO) were specially selected commissioned officers who served as surrogate upperclass cadets at the United States Air Force Academy.

Establishment of the Air Force Academy

the history of flight training by the predecessor organizations of the United States Air Force. The U.S. Army purchased its first airplane, built and successfully flown by Orville and Wilbur Wright, in 1909, and placed both lighter- and heavier-than-air aeronautics in the Division of Military Aeronautics of the Signal Corps. The original Air Training Officers were commissioned junior officers who served as a surrogate upperclass for incoming cadets before there were actual upperclass cadets to conduct training and oversee the Cadet Wing.

Admission of Women to the Academy

In 1976, the ATO program was revived in a modified form when women were allowed to attend the Air Force Academy. The academy brought in a number of female junior officers to learn about Academy life and act as surrogate upperclassmen specifically for the new female cadets.

Before taking on their roles, the new ATOs underwent Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) training, physical conditioning, various airmanship programs, field training at Jacks Valley and audited academic courses. Special counseling courses enabled the ATOs to help women cadets with potential personal problems.

Notes

1. Cameron 1999, p. iii.

External links

• AFMC General First to Introduce Women to AF Academy Life, AFMC Public Affairs article

References

1. Cameron 1999, p. iii.

v t e United States Air Force Academy
Located in: Air Force Academy, Colorado
Academics	FalconLaunch FalconSAT Robert F. McDermott Prep School
Aircraft	Diamond T-52A Cirrus T-53A Blanik TG-10 Ximango TG-14 Schempp-Hirth TG-15 de Havilland UV-18B Twin Otter
Athletics	Baseball Basketball Men Women Boxing Football Commander-in-Chief's Trophy Ice hockey Lacrosse Rugby Soccer Men Team Handball
Campus	Cadet Area Cadet Gymnasium Carlton House Cemetery Chapel Eisenhower Golf course Erdle Field Falcon Stadium Field House (Ice Arena Clune Arena) Jacks Valley Soccer Stadium
History	Academy history Air Training Officers Lowry Air Force Base
Military training	Freefall Parachuting SERE
People	Alumni Air Officer Commanding Commandants Superintendents Superintendent Tony D. Bauernfeind Lance P. Sijan
Traditions	The Bird Contrails The Dodo Honor Code Ranks and insignia Jabara Award KAFA Prop and Wings
Units	Wings 10 ABW 34 TRW Groups 306 FTG Squadrons 1 FTS 70 FTS 94 FTS 98 FTS 557 FTS
Founded: 1954 Students: Approximately 4,000 Endowment: 47 million

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