| Everyone has heard about the great people of our | | | | First and foremost, Airmen are taught "Integrity |
| nation. Not the founding fathers or any of the others | | | | First." This means doing what is right when nobody is |
| of history, but the current heroes of today. There is | | | | around to see it, maintaining the ability to compose |
| the Army, the Navy and the Marines, but also among | | | | oneself and acting on conviction. It means practicing |
| them is the United States Air Force, which is the | | | | honesty, responsibility, accountability, justice, |
| aerial and space warfare branch of the United States | | | | openness, self-respect and humility. To summarize, an |
| armed forces. Before September 18, 1947, they | | | | Airmen with integrity can grasp the concept of |
| were a part of the Army, but branched out | | | | defending the Constitution and is sobered by the act. |
| separately after the National Security Act of 1947. | | | | Secondly, Airmen are taught "Service Before Self." |
| The Air Force's official mission is "to fly, fight, and | | | | They are taught to act selflessly and follow |
| win... in air, space and cyberspace." In order to keep | | | | professional procedure before satisfying personal |
| achieving this goal, they must keep up with the | | | | desires. In the most minimal scenario, this would |
| development of Airmen, technological warfare and | | | | include following all of the given rules, maintaining and |
| integrating operations. This helps the Air Force | | | | composing respect for others and exercising discipline |
| maintain air and space superiority, which ensures the | | | | and self-control. In particular, Airmen must maintain |
| enemy, cannot make a sneak attack on land, sea, air | | | | control of certain aspects of their life, such as anger, |
| or space. The advanced technological warfare allows | | | | appetites and religious tolerance. |
| the quick, precise attack if it should ever become | | | | Lastly, "Excellence in All We Do." The United States |
| necessary, with time not adding to the list of | | | | Air Force expects only excellence from their Airmen. |
| enemies. The ability to react and respond quickly in | | | | This extends to personal excellence by maintaining |
| any given situation maintains rapid global mobility. | | | | physical and mental health as well as completing |
| The Air Force is also superior in obtaining information | | | | military education. Community excellence is highly |
| that is necessary to create plans based on a given | | | | desired as well, which extends to giving people the |
| situation with, as previous mentioned, absolute | | | | benefit of the doubt and offering genuine respect for |
| precision in all of their activities. | | | | the people of the nation. |
| The leaders of the Force generally enforce and | | | | Under no circumstances should any of these values |
| maintain three core values meant to inspire Airmen to | | | | not be followed. Those who cannot follow the |
| do only their best and to improve upon their best. | | | | minimum standards for the United States Air Force |
| The Airmen are to learn these values, which tie them | | | | and allow personal desires to get in the way of |
| to history's greatest warriors and public servants, to | | | | professionalism are, as stated on the Air Force's |
| live by these standards and to cherish them. | | | | home page, unfit for military service. |