Air Force ROTC lands on campus
With the creation of the U.S. Air Force in 1947, a new Air Force ROTC Program is offered at Berkeley in a newly-established Department of Air Science. The program’s home undergoes another name change in 1965 – the Department of Aerospace Studies. By the mid-1960s, this department is one of more than 150 located at select colleges and universities across the country. Together, the schools produce the majority of all new Air Force officers.