University of Tennessee Air Force ROTC

Air Force ROTC Detachment 800
UT Air Force ROTC cadets receive Joint Task Force – Civil Support mission brief, Fort Eustis, Virginia, in 2014
Founded
  • 25 September 1946
  • (78 years, 8 months)
  • (as UT Army Air Corps ROTC)
Country United States
Branch United States Air Force
TypeReserve Officer Training Corps
RoleMilitary education and training
Part ofAir Education and Training Command
Air University
Air Force ROTC
HostUniversity of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
Nickname(s)Tennessee Volunteers
Tri-Star Wing
ColorsUT Orange & White
   
Mascot(s)Smokey
Decorations
Websiteafrotc.utk.edu
Commanders
Current
commander
Lt Col Damien Johnson
Notable
commanders
Stanley Beck

University of Tennessee Air Force ROTC (officially Air Force ROTC Detachment 800) is a United States Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) detachment hosted by the University of Tennessee (UT) in Knoxville, Tennessee. The detachment educates UT students enrolled as cadets for service in the officer corps of the Air Force and Space Force. Upon successful completion of the ROTC curriculum and graduation from the university, cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants.