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06/11/2026
🗞️𝙉𝙀𝙒𝙎: Janeva Maxson named Director of Aerospace Sciences Institute.
Maxson brings nearly 30 years of leadership experience in aviation, logistics, and strategic management.
Aviation at Southeastern Oklahoma State University
06/10/2026
Renovations are nearing the end, and we’re excited.
05/29/2026
Conner Jones, Multi Engine Commercial
Lukas Weiss, Recommending Instructor
05/29/2026
Daniel Pickering, Commercial Pilot
Tanner Gilliam, Recommending Instructor
05/26/2026
Mitchell Palmer, Private Pilot
Landon Clark, Recommending Instructor
05/22/2026
General Ira C. Eaker's life was defined by flight. After his time at Southeastern, he set endurance records in a 150-hour-long flight and made the first all-instrument transcontinental flight.
During World War II, he organized the 8th Air Force Bomber Command, the backbone of U.S. airpower in the European theater, and convinced a skeptical Winston Churchill of the value of daylight bombing raids over Europe, a critical strategy in the conflict.
He was instrumental in the creation of the Air Force as a separate branch of the military and has been awarded numerous decorations and honors since.
Eaker Field, the airport in Durant that now houses our Aviation program, was named in his honor.
📸 Bill Carter, USAF Art Collection, National Archives Catalog
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