Expanded Wi-Fi Project Enhances Technical Training Connectivity

To advance learning opportunities for Airmen and enable training and education from any device, Air Education and Training Command officials have expanded a project installing commercial wireless internet across the command and into all training dormitories.

The previous $6.3 million AETC Wide Area Knowledge Education Nexus, or AWAKEN, project provided Wi-Fi capabilities in main mission areas and learning environments across Second and Nineteenth Air Force, giving students better access to training portals. An $18.5 million expansion will fund the remaining base-identified mission areas through fiscal year 2025. Currently, six AETC locations provide Wi-Fi in training dormitories at no-cost to Airmen. This new project expansion allocates $25.8 million to consolidate funding at the major command level and incorporate additional dormitory locations.

Airman using a computer to access a website — An Airman in technical training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas uses his device to access government-provided commercial internet the dormitory common area May 5, 2023. The Air Education and Training Command expanded the Wide Area Knowledge Education Nexus (AWAKEN) project to provide Wi-Fi capabilities across the command and into all training dormitories. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Katie McKee)

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