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  • Isochronal Inspections Bring Maintainers Together Pt 4

    One of the 908th Airlift Wing’s C-130H Hercules sits in the isochronal inspection hangar Jan. 9, 2022, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The 908th AW operates a fleet of eight C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft known as the "Workhorse of the Air Force." (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Shelby

  • KC-135

    KC-135 awaits maintenance

  • Leader Development Course for Squadron Command

    The Air Force needs healthy squadrons, that’s where the life of the Air Force is. If you’ve got a great first sergeant and a fantastic squadron commander, what the chief and I do doesn’t matter very much. The culture of the Air Force is set at the squadron, not in the headquarters of the Air

  • Loadmasters Vital to Tactical Air Drop Mission

    Two of the 908th Airlift Wing’s C-130H Hercules drop cargo during exercise Auburn Tide at Maxwell Air Force Base Alabama. Auburn Tide was a wing-wide demonstration of pre-deployment readiness aimed at sharpening the skills of 908th Airmen in the months leading up to the largest deployment in the

  • Loadmasters Vital to Tactical Air Drop Mission

    Loadmasters from the 357th Airlift Squadron and aerial porters with the 25th Aerial Port Squadron load cargo onto a C-130H Hercules during exercise Auburn Tide. The exercise was a multi-unit effort aimed at enhancing the wing’s deployment readiness. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Bradley J. Clark)

  • Maj Thomas H. West

    Maj Thomas H. WestIra C. Eaker Center for Leadership DevelopmentFaculty Senator 2024-2025Chaplain, Maj, Thomas H. West serves as a Staff Chaplain at the Air Force Chaplain Corps College, Ira C. Eaker Center for Leadership Development, located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery Alabama. In this