The Air War College is a part of the United States Air Force's Air University, headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. Air University's higher headquarters is Air Education and Training Command (AETC) headquartered at Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. The Air War College emphasizes the employment of air, space, and cyberspace in joint operations. The Army War College, Naval War College, Marine Corps War College, National Defense University, and Industrial College of the Armed Forces are other War Colleges within the Department of Defense's Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) Phase II Education Program. The Air War College was founded in 1946 by the United States War Department (now the Department of Defense) at what was then Maxwell Field. The college has operated continuously since its founding except for a period of six months during the Korean War. The Air War College (AWC) curriculum has been certified as Joint Professional Military Education (JPME)Joint Professional Military Education Phase II by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.