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  • Secretary of the Air Force awards Maxwell Airman two Silver Star medals

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James spent her final day in office honoring one of Maxwell’s Airmen here, Jan. 19, 2016. Before a packed auditorium of base leadership, River Region community leaders, and Air University students, James presented two Silver Star medals to Col. Christopher

  • Maxwell's Week in Photos

    Joseph Manuel, Montgomery Fire Department firefighter trainee, sits on the ground before training on a simulated fire inside a building on Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Jan. 13, 2017. The trainees go through a series of possible situations to prepare them once they become a firefighter. The MFD

  • AETC First Faces: Lt.Col. Heidi Dexter

    Lt. Col. Heidi Dexter, from Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, discusses how she persevered through a family medical emergency and came out stronger."First Faces" began several years ago with chaplains from throughout AETC nominating Airmen from individual wings. Today, the program has expanded and

  • Air Force language program prepares captain to search for missing WWII Airmen

    September 2016, an American B-24 bomber aircraft lies crashed at the bottom of the ocean, off the coast of Italy. Its eight-man crew entombed among the mangled fuselage and sea life for decades. It’s time to bring them home, but before that can be done, someone has to communicate between the Italian

  • Step up: Don’t be afraid to be a Mitchell, Doolittle, or Arnold

    The U.S. Air Force is sitting at a nexus in which the world is becoming increasingly dangerous and complex, and our nation is asking us to do things that keep us busier now than ever before, yet we have fewer people now than at any point in our history—just over a third of what we had in the 1950s! 

  • First Newer Aircraft Arrives

    The first of eight newer C-130 Hercules aircraft to serve with the 908th Airlift Wing arrived here Jan 12. The aircraft came from the 914th Airlift Wing at Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, N. Y.The 914th is transitioning to the KC-135 air refueling aircraft.After flying the same aircraft for 31

  • Maxwell honors Rocky

    Military Working Dog Rocky enjoys his retirement ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base, Jan. 13, 2017. Rocky was set to retire from military service at the end of October, 2016, but had to wait for final paperwork to be processed. He will join his former handler, Staff Sgt. Terrance Smith, their home

  • Step up: Don’t be afraid to be a Mitchell, Doolittle, or Arnold

    The U.S. Air Force is sitting at a nexus in which the world is becoming increasingly dangerous and complex, and our nation is asking us to do things that keep us busier now than ever before, yet we have fewer people now than at any point in our history—just over a third of what we had in the 1950s!

  • Maxwell welcomes new command chief

    The 42nd Air Base Wing here welcomed a new command chief recently. Chief Master Sgt. Erica Shipp took her seat as the Maxwell Air Force Base-Gunter Annex command chief master sergeant Dec. 14. Before her arrival, she was the superintendent of the 47th Mission Support Group at the 47th Flying

  • Maxwell 2016 in Review

    As the calendar flips to 2017, we wanted to reflect on what a great year 2016 was at Maxwell. From Airman 1st Class Mason Conway, 42nd Security Forces Squadron patrolman, saving two lives that were in a car accident in January, Air University shining at the DoD innovation awards in March, Col. Shafa